On Saturday 15 July 2006 20:59, "Patrick W. Barnes" <nman64@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The "unless otherwise noted" is intended to allow the Board, assorted > committees, etc. to handle special cases where the OPL cannot apply, such > as pages where the ACLs have been loosened to allow anyone to contribute > without granting a copyright license. It is not a manner for contributors > to circumvent our licensing requirements. The Fedora Project holds a > copyright license for anything that is submitted by a contributor with a > signed CLA. Using the power of that copyright license, the Fedora Project > applies the OPL without options to documentation and website contributions. > That right is not revocable. > I'd like to further elaborate after talking with Toshio on IRC. It seems there are some questions about what the CLA does and the processes for licensing on the wiki. IANAL, just a person who understands this stuff. This does not constitute legal advice. ;-) 1. Changing Licenses Once content has been submitted to the Fedora Project, the Fedora Project has copyright privileges that cannot be provoked. The licensing for that content cannot be changed by the original contributor. That power rests with the Fedora Project, and the decision can be handled through the same chain of command as any other. Stipulations on the license are also not possible after the contribution has been made. 2. Forks After content has been submitted to the Project, the Project has the power to accept or reject any further changes that are licensed differently. The standing decision is to reject such changes. Any unauthorized changes can be reverted or thrown out, but those reversions must be made in whole and not selectively. For example, if someone modifies a wiki page and adds an alternative licensing clause, the Project can remove all of the changes and the licensing clause but cannot remove the licensing clause without removing all of the changes. The Project can forbid wiki submissions under alternative licenses and can revoke the editing privileges of someone who violates that decision with or without notice. If a fork is authorized, it must be clearly labelled, and the pre-fork version will remain under the original license. Since the original author and the Fedora Project hold copyright privileges, neither is bound by any copyright license applied to the pre-fork version. 3. Revocation of Copyright Privileges The copyright license awarded to the Fedora Project under the terms of the CLA cannot be revoked. Once a contribution has been submitted, it cannot be withdrawn. The Fedora Project does have the ability to discard any contribution. 4. Original Contributions Original contributions under alternative licenses (or not licensed for redistribution) must be clearly marked when they are submitted. The contribution must be labelled with licensing restrictions and details. The Fedora Project has the right to refuse any contribution for any reason. Again, the Project can forbid such submissions through the wiki and can revoke the editing privileges of someone who violates that decision with or without notice. 5. Additional Rules In addition to any legal restrictions, the Fedora Project can establish rules to disallow different types of submissions and to deal with violations. Rules can be published on the wiki, in mailing list descriptions, in IRC topics, etc. to notify potential contributors of the policies. Wiki editing privileges can be revoked, mailing list subscriptions can be removed, IRC channels can set bans, etc. to deal with violators. Again, this message does not constitute legal advice and is therefore completely worthless. I hope this clarifies a few things. ;-) -- Patrick "The N-Man" Barnes nman64@xxxxxxxxx http://www.n-man.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nman64 Have I been helpful? Rate my assistance! http://rate.affero.net/nman64/ --
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