Timeline for Copyright Transfer by License?
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| Dec 17, 2020 at 23:37 | comment | added | Mikdore | @PhilipKendall The best case would be someone submits a PR, and a bot responds to them linking relevant information before the PR can go into review they have to comment with something like 'I agree'. The project is still mine, and I expect the vast majority of the work will be done by me. Therefore I think it's fair to hold the copyright to, well, my project. | |
| Dec 17, 2020 at 22:31 | comment | added | Philip Kendall | Best case for whom? You, or a contributor who accidentally gives you copyright on their contributions? The law (correctly IMO) makes it hard to transfer copyright so as to protect people from giving up their rights without it being clear they have a full understanding of what they are giving up. | |
| Dec 17, 2020 at 22:27 | comment | added | Mikdore | @amon I get that, that's why in the best case the transfer would be automatic, similar to how licensing automatically applies 'just' by adding a LICENSE file | |
| Dec 17, 2020 at 21:53 | comment | added | amon | @Mikdore If you make contributions difficult, you won't get contributions – which incidentally achieves your purpose of remaining the sole copyright holder. Here you'll have to balance what is more important to you: remaining in total control, or collaborating in the open source community. A “cathedral style” development model without community contributions is perfectly valid, though rather unusual. GNU requires a written CTA/CLA for contributions to its projects which I find incredibly annoying, to the point that I'm not even trying to contribute some glibc enhancements I've prototyped. | |
| Dec 17, 2020 at 21:15 | comment | added | Mikdore | In my assessment the situation for a company is different, they have far more to risk, legally and financially than I, or most other individuals. Furthermore, a company has a far greater capacity to keep a system like that up. And trust - are you gonna send your signature to some rando on GitHub? And for bigger companies, popularity isn't a problem too | |
| Dec 17, 2020 at 20:43 | history | answered | Philip Kendall | CC BY-SA 4.0 |