From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sean Allred Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: CLAHub and the FSF copyright assignment Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 23:19:53 -0500 Message-ID: <26B2438A-62A1-4669-B3C8-719C57B7615B@seanallred.com> References: <2F7CC5C4-503C-4867-87DC-644F8E4862E4@seanallred.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.1 \(1993\)) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_F4E0E968-67B2-4F5B-8284-C1B119457DCE" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418530817 31661 80.91.229.3 (14 Dec 2014 04:20:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 04:20:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel To: bruce.connor.am@gmail.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 14 05:20:11 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Y00fD-0004F4-Ik for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 14 Dec 2014 05:20:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34963 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y00fD-0000Wn-2N for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 23:20:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34379) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y00f4-0000Sa-EF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 23:20:08 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y00ey-0008KW-BO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 23:20:02 -0500 Original-Received: from sub4.mail.dreamhost.com ([69.163.253.135]:48153 helo=homiemail-a70.g.dreamhost.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y00ex-0008KM-Uy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 23:19:56 -0500 Original-Received: from homiemail-a70.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a70.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 220E154C003; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 20:19:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=seanallred.com; h= content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :message-id:references:to; s=seanallred.com; bh=G8dEpQLj++Ix4k0a WuBa66Q0NsE=; b=i8sNdZ50j5luh7N0ignIYEJeSpbvUWSLKjeZQ/JXqWXHXawI zHdZ9wU9frU/1mMjhEqPh15iY4yjch1Q8IHYo6Kv8rFuuBDU6EyoZk2Yd7okhxn0 5gwolivpEAN0Rv0aaBj6BPUh4dvStohvrGWeRTYMmw1/E1xByp3RC97/jpg= Original-Received: from [10.0.1.9] (c-50-190-161-55.hsd1.md.comcast.net [50.190.161.55]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: code@seanallred.com) by homiemail-a70.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D57C454C002; Sat, 13 Dec 2014 20:19:54 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1993) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Windows NT kernel [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 69.163.253.135 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:180051 Archived-At: --Apple-Mail=_F4E0E968-67B2-4F5B-8284-C1B119457DCE Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On Dec 13, 2014, at 8:25 PM, Artur Malabarba = wrote: > IIUC, this information you're referring to is whether the author of = the pull request has signed the assignment? >=20 Yes, sorry :) IIUC myself of what CLAHub is though, the copyright = assignment will have to be binding though CLAHub=E2=80=99s services. = That is, I presume some sort of text field with the contribution = agreement and an =E2=80=98I understand and agree=E2=80=99 checkbox is = provided by CLAHub. Once the contributor agrees to the CLA, this = agreement is reflected visibly on the PR discussion page. I hope this would not boil down to a =E2=80=98CLA=E2=80=99 saying = essentially that the contributor has completed the (separate) FSF = copyright assignment. This would degrade the service as a mere = convenience rather than an open door for future contributors.= --Apple-Mail=_F4E0E968-67B2-4F5B-8284-C1B119457DCE Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
On Dec 13, 2014, at 8:25 PM, Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com> wrote:

IIUC, this information you're = referring to is whether the author of the pull request has signed the = assignment?

Yes, sorry :) IIUC myself of what = CLAHub is though, the copyright assignment will have to be binding = though CLAHub=E2=80=99s services.  That is, I presume some sort of = text field with the contribution agreement and an =E2=80=98I understand = and agree=E2=80=99 checkbox is provided by CLAHub.  Once the = contributor agrees to the CLA, this agreement is reflected visibly on = the PR discussion page.

I hope this = would not boil down to a =E2=80=98CLA=E2=80=99 saying essentially that = the contributor has completed the (separate) FSF copyright assignment. =  This would degrade the service as a mere convenience rather than = an open door for future contributors.
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