Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762459AbXEPTnl (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2007 15:43:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754561AbXEPTne (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2007 15:43:34 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:36503 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753152AbXEPTnd (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2007 15:43:33 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 21:43:32 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Bhutani Meeta-W19091 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Contributor Agreement/Copyright Assignment Message-ID: <20070516194332.GB4086@stusta.de> References: <7376BC9FD0C11A4CA373508199DEED1802E35A76@de01exm65.ds.mot.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7376BC9FD0C11A4CA373508199DEED1802E35A76@de01exm65.ds.mot.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15+20070412 (2007-04-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1721 Lines: 42 On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 10:59:49AM -0400, Bhutani Meeta-W19091 wrote: > > Motorola would like to understand if kernel.org has a contributor > agreement (or a copyright assignment agreement) that is posted somewhere > ? We are investigating what would be needed from a legal standpoint to > possibly contribute in the future. >From a legal standpoint, all Motorola has to do is to release the code under the terms of the GPL version 2. Motorola (or whoever else has it) retains the copyright of the code and can even licence this code to other people under different terms. [1] The mentioned "Developer's Certificate of Origin" only describes a formalized way to express that the code is available under the terms of the GPL and that you agree that the metadata will be stored indefinitely. Nothing interesting from a standpoint, and since you'll hopefully read Documentation/SubmittingPatches before submitting your code, you'll anyway see it when you need it. > Thanks & Regards > Meeta Bhutani Hope this helps, and thanks in advance for your contributions Adrian [1] but after published under the GPL, it will be available under the terms of the GPL forever for both the Linux kernel and other projects -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/