[Nagiosplug-devel] Antwort: Re: Antwort: Re: Contributing patches and retaining copyright

[Sascha.Runschke at gfkl.com]

> We're following advice given by FSF: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
> gpl-faq.html#AssignCopyright
>
> If you have contributed some code to the project, we thank you and 
> we make sure you (and/or your company) get credit. But in reality, 
> the team take on the responsibility to make sure that the code 
> continues to work correctly. Not just at commit time, but forever. 

Well, the above FAQ entry does not mention a single word about
"ease of maintainance of code", but instead it's all about those
GPL fanatics and their lawyers. While I like the GPL, I do not
like the fanatism some of the "open source evangalists" come
around like. No offense here against anyone involved in this
discussion - I do have some special people of the GPL public
in mind, but I don't like calling names.

> I think this continued responsibility should be reflected in the 
> ownership of the code.
> 
> The upshot for you (and/or your company) is that you no longer 
> maintain that code anymore - that has to be worth something!

I don't think that continued responsibility has _anything_ to do
with ownership - at least not with GPLed code.

Regards
        Sascha



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