Community contributions and copyright assignment

Posted Oct 29, 2009 3:36 UTC (Thu) by dkite (guest, #4577)
Parent article: Community contributions and copyright assignment

Being a curmudgeon, something irked me about Ubuntu and it's message. I
thought it was me.

Now I see that the emphasis on community instead of community being a result
stems from seeing the contributors as a resource to be managed.

I enjoy a working environment where the word 'team' is uttered in derision,
and view the process of team or community as a result of mutual respect and
enlightened self interest as opposed to a management method where fuzzy
feelings are elicited to get the benefits and delegate the blame.

I'm pleased to see the push back here.

Derek

Community contributions and copyright assignment

Posted Oct 29, 2009 18:18 UTC (Thu) by lysse (guest, #3190) [Link]

> I enjoy a working environment where the word 'team' is uttered in derision

Are they hiring?

Community contributions and copyright assignment

Posted Oct 30, 2009 5:03 UTC (Fri) by frazier (guest, #3060) [Link]

The push back works sometimes. I think we all remember the QT license bit where there was the GPL/commercial split. Nokia came in and solved that with LGPL licensing, and there was incentive for them to make the change with chunks of the community using other software with fairer licensing.