[llvm-commits] [llvm] r114673 - /llvm/trunk/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html

[Nick Lewycky]

On 23 September 2010 10:37, Chris Lattner <sabre at nondot.org> wrote:

> Author: lattner
> Date: Thu Sep 23 12:37:11 2010
> New Revision: 114673
>
> URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=114673&view=rev
> Log:
> rewrite the copyright section to match reality: llvm does't have a
> copyright assignment process.
>

Chris, thank you for this fix!

Nick

Modified:
>    llvm/trunk/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html
>
> Modified: llvm/trunk/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html
> URL:
> http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html?rev=114673&r1=114672&r2=114673&view=diff
>
> ==============================================================================
> --- llvm/trunk/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html (original)
> +++ llvm/trunk/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html Thu Sep 23 12:37:11 2010
> @@ -510,20 +510,24 @@
>  <!--
> _______________________________________________________________________ -->
>  <div class="doc_subsection"><a name="copyright">Copyright</a></div>
>  <div class="doc_text">
> -<p>For consistency and ease of management, the project requires the
> copyright
> -   for all LLVM software to be held by a single copyright holder: the
> University
> -   of Illinois (UIUC).</p>
> -
> -<p>Although UIUC may eventually reassign the copyright of the software to
> -   another entity (e.g. a dedicated non-profit "LLVM Organization") the
> intent
> -   for the project is to always have a single entity hold the copyrights
> to LLVM
> -   at any given time.</p>
> -
> -<p>We believe that having a single copyright holder is in the best
> interests of
> -   all developers and users as it greatly reduces the managerial burden
> for any
> -   kind of administrative or technical decisions about LLVM.  The goal of
> the
> -   LLVM project is to always keep the code open and <a
> href="#license">licensed
> -   under a very liberal license</a>.</p>
> +
> +<p>The LLVM project does not require copyright assignments, which means
> that the
> +   copyright for the code in the project is held by its respective
> contributors
> +   who have each agreed to release their contributed code under the terms
> of the
> +   <a href="#license">LLVM License</a>.</p>
> +
> +<p>An implication of this is that the LLVM license is unlikely to ever
> change:
> +   changing it would require tracking down all the contributors to LLVM
> and
> +   getting them to agree that a license change is acceptable for their
> +   contribution.  Since there are no plans to change the license, this is
> not a
> +   cause for concern.</p>
> +
> +<p>As a contributor to the project, this means that you (or your company)
> retain
> +   ownership of the code you contribute, that it cannot be used in a way
> that
> +   contradicts the license (which is a liberal BSD-style license), and
> that the
> +   license for your contributions won't change without your approval in
> the
> +   future.</p>
> +
>  </div>
>
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