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author | 2024-03-31 11:05:01 +0200 | |
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committer | 2024-03-31 11:05:01 +0200 | |
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parent | glep-0084: Mark as Accepted by 2023-12-10 Council decision (diff) | |
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glep-0076: Shift responsibilities from Trustees to Council
After Gentoo Linux has become an associated project of SPI,
the Council is the obvious entity to be responsible for the tasks
previously assigned to the Trustees.
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/glep-0076.rst b/glep-0076.rst index 338e094..403bf78 100644 --- a/glep-0076.rst +++ b/glep-0076.rst @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ Author: Richard Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>, Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> Type: Informational Status: Active -Version: 1.3 +Version: 2 Created: 2013-04-23 -Last-Modified: 2023-04-01 +Last-Modified: 2024-03-31 Post-History: 2018-06-10, 2018-06-19, 2018-08-31, 2018-09-26, 2023-03-02 Content-Type: text/x-rst --- @@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ infrastructure or to any official Gentoo project (independently of hosting) must comply with this policy. Unofficial Gentoo projects are also recommended to use this policy. -Questions regarding this policy should be directed to the Trustees +Questions regarding this policy should be directed to the Council or the ``gentoo-project`` mailing list. Any concerns over possible -copyright violations should be directed to the Trustees if they cannot +copyright violations should be directed to the Council if they cannot be worked out with the appropriate maintainer. @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ c) A license approved as GPL compatible by the Free Software Foundation [#GPL-COMPAT]_. Exceptions for other free software licenses will be granted by the -Gentoo Foundation on a case by case basis. +Gentoo Council on a case by case basis. For easy reference, the license for each project should be documented on the wiki page at [#PROJECTS]_. @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ associated project/package providing as much information as possible. Files that are not brought into compliance within 60 days or upon a request for removal by a aggrieved copyright holder will be removed. Any concerns not addressed by a maintainer can be appealed to the -Trustees. +Council. Simplified Attribution @@ -253,6 +253,12 @@ the DCO model and an FLA model [#FLA]_ as it is used by different open source projects. Contributors would be able to freely choose whether they sign the FLA document or not. +After Gentoo Linux has become an associated project of Software in the +Public Interest (SPI) [#SPI]_, the Gentoo Council will be responsible +for granting of license exceptions and resolution of copyright issues, +instead of the Gentoo Foundation Trustees. The Council may confer +with SPI for issues that it cannot resolve itself. + Licensing of Projects --------------------- @@ -274,9 +280,9 @@ license.) By default, GPL-incompatible licenses (e.g., the CDDL) are not allowed, because their use would hinder interchange of code between -Gentoo projects. However, the Foundation can grant exceptions to -this, as long as the license in question is a free software or open -source license. +Gentoo projects. However, the Council can grant exceptions to this, +as long as the license in question is a free software or open source +license. Changes to the Certificate of Origin @@ -382,6 +388,9 @@ References https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=d4563201f33a022fc0353033d9dfeb1606a88330#n410 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d4563201f33a022fc0353033d9dfeb1606a88330 +.. [#SPI] Software in the Public Interest, + https://www.spi-inc.org/ + .. [#CC-SOFTWARE] Can I apply a Creative Commons license to software? https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-apply-a-creative-commons-license-to-software |