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From: Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>
Subject: Re: DOM and SAX parsing in Ada
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 09:14:28 +1100
Date: 2005-01-27T09:14:28+11:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <sa44qh325yz.fsf@snoopy.apana.org.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: gemini.iaxmj2001ydde00mw.nick.roberts@acm.org

>>>>> "Nick" == Nick Roberts <nick.roberts@acm.org> writes:

    Nick> When I suggested that I wanted to make changes to the code,
    Nick> he indicated that those changes could not be merged back
    Nick> into the AdaCore CVS copy unless I signed a copyright
    Nick> assignment, in favour of either AdaCore or the FSF, to the
    Nick> latter of which I am agreeable.

This is standard practise for GNU software too.

In the past this type of requirement has been very controversial, and
for example resulted in emacs being split up into emacs and xemacs
(not sure what the current status is of this issue is).
  
    Nick> When I suggested that XML/Ada be moved to SourceForge, he
    Nick> indicated that it would have to be a separate project (a
    Nick> fork), whose changes could never, in practice, be merged
    Nick> back into the AdaCore CVS, because of the difficulty of
    Nick> getting all the contributors to sign the assignment. This is
    Nick> to the best of my recollection and understanding.

The implication here is if you move the project to sourceforge, you
can't control who contributes changes to the code.

This is not true, even if you place a CVS repository on sourceforge
(optional step) you can still control who has write access, and make
sure the only people who have write access have signed the agreement.
-- 
Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>



  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-01-26 22:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-11-08 23:24 DOM and SAX parsing in Ada Tim Roede
2004-11-09  0:24 ` David Botton
2004-11-09  0:56   ` David Botton
2004-11-09  8:33     ` Martin Krischik
2004-11-09 13:25       ` David Botton
2004-11-09  3:14 ` Steve
2005-01-20 12:16   ` okellogg
2005-01-21 18:09     ` Nick Roberts
2005-01-24 11:26       ` Alex R. Mosteo
2005-01-24 12:16         ` Marius Amado Alves
2005-01-24 20:17           ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-01-24 21:18             ` Pascal Obry
2005-01-24 19:02         ` Marc A. Criley
2005-01-25  9:50           ` Alex R. Mosteo
2005-01-25 15:29         ` Nick Roberts
2005-01-25 18:21           ` Marc A. Criley
2005-01-26  5:39             ` Nick Roberts
2005-01-26  7:37               ` Martin Krischik
2005-01-26 12:24               ` Jeff C
2005-01-26 16:16                 ` Nick Roberts
2005-01-26 16:46                   ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-01-27 19:45                     ` Nick Roberts
2005-01-26 22:14                   ` Brian May [this message]
2005-01-27  9:28                     ` Martin Krischik
2005-01-27 19:55                     ` Nick Roberts
2005-01-28 10:05                       ` Stephen Leake
2005-01-26 23:48                   ` Stephen Leake
2005-01-27 20:05                     ` Nick Roberts
2005-01-27 20:57                       ` Marc A. Criley
2005-01-27 22:11                         ` Nick Roberts
2005-01-27 22:24                           ` Pascal Obry
2005-01-28  0:29                             ` Nick Roberts
2005-01-28  7:22                               ` Pascal Obry
2005-01-28  2:56                           ` Steve
2005-01-28 13:32                             ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-01-28 15:25                             ` Nick Roberts
2005-01-28 10:23                           ` Stephen Leake
2005-01-29 11:58                             ` Simon Wright
2005-01-28 13:47                           ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-01-29 17:08                             ` Nick Roberts
2005-01-31 14:24                               ` Marc A. Criley
2005-01-28 13:54                           ` Georg Bauhaus
2005-01-29 11:54                           ` Simon Wright
2005-01-29 16:54                             ` Nick Roberts
2005-01-28 10:17                       ` Stephen Leake
2005-01-27  4:11                   ` Jeff C
2005-01-27 19:05                     ` Pascal Obry
2005-01-27 20:15                     ` Nick Roberts
2005-01-27 22:28                       ` Pascal Obry
2005-01-28  0:30                         ` Nick Roberts
2005-01-26 14:12               ` Marc A. Criley
2005-01-27  3:59                 ` Steve
2005-01-27  9:32                   ` Martin Krischik
2005-01-27 19:27                     ` Pascal Obry
2005-01-28  3:17                       ` Steve
2005-01-28  7:14                         ` Pascal Obry
2005-01-28 10:00                         ` Stephen Leake
2005-01-28  7:47                       ` Martin Krischik
2005-01-28  9:57                       ` Stephen Leake
2005-01-28 16:36                         ` Pascal Obry
2021-11-22 13:01   ` James Hitch
2021-11-22 13:31     ` Simon Wright
2021-11-22 13:54       ` James Hitch
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2005-01-25  0:22 amado.alves
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