Re: gEDA: gEDA as a GNU Project

[Karel Kulhavy <clock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 02:14:51AM -0500, Al Davis wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 January 2005 12:04 am, Matt Ettus wrote:
> > Don't do it!!!!
> >
> > Whatever you do, don't do it!
> >
> > By making it a GNU project all you are doing is giving away
> > your own rights.
> 
> Not true.
> 
> > > From: Anand Babu <ab@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >  - Copyright need not be assigned to FSF. It is only
> > > required if you want FSF to defend in the court in case of
> > > GPL violations. - Any GPL compatible license will do.
> > >  - Project need not be hosted under Savannah.
> 
> I agree that you should not assign the copyright.  If you don't 
> assign the copyright, you don't give away your own rights.  
> Even if you do, gnu grants your rights back to you.  This isn't 
> part of GPL.  It is part of the assignment agreement.
> 
> On Wednesday 05 January 2005 12:20 am, Ales Hvezda wrote:
> >  So here we are today: a large code base that no one person
> > owns the full copyright to.  And that's the way I like it. :)
> 
> I like it that way too.
> 
> It should also be hosted at several places, not just as mirrors.  
> You want it so that if one site, perhaps the main site, is 
> lost, the project continues.  If there are enough primary 
> sites, the project cannot be shut down.
> 

Apart from the technical and law details, GNU makes overall good impression
on me. I would personally like gEDA and PCB be pronounced GNU projects (just
for the feeling). GNU means a standard of relatively high quality in free
software for me.

Cl<