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[Stefan Rijnhart <stefan@xxxxxxxx>]

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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