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Re: Towards a contributor agreement for OpenERP

 

On 26-07-11 09:31, Alan Lord (Gmail) wrote:
Might be an idea to take a look at the output of Project Harmony[1] for contributor agreements.

These are community (inc. Canonical) developed agreements with a number of options to suit most requirements:

[1] http://harmonyagreements.org/

Al

Hi Alan,

The Canonical contributor agreement itself is very controversial [1]. The Harmony agreements which you mention can be seen as a political move by Canonical to make its own policy more acceptable [2]. In spite of spin, the agreements are not community developed [3]. Actually, Harmony raises a number of relevant points which do not favour their adoption particularly, one of which is that most of them do not prevent the copyrights to disappear in a proprietary product in case of a company sell out [4].

Regards,
Stefan.

[1] http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3904526/Ubuntu-Canonical-Wallow-in-Muddy-Waters-with-Contributors-Agreements.htm [2] http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Harmony-s-curiously-flat-tune-1283369.html
[3] http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2011/07/07/harmony-harmful.html
[4] http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Harmony-s-curiously-flat-tune-1283369.html?page=2

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