Tiago Santos license statement doubt

Tiago Santos tiagofsantos81 at sapo.pt
Sat Aug 27 13:27:49 UTC 2016


Many thanks Wols.

I think this settles my doubts and I am comfortable proceeding. I will 
just wait until Monday to send my introductory licence agreement, so 
that, if Hugo Oliveira wants to add something, has the opportunity to do so.


Cheers,

Tiago Santos


Às 19:17 de 26-08-2016, Wols Lists escreveu:
> On 26/08/16 18:58, Tiago Santos wrote:
>> Can I make LO licence statement now, or, once I make the statement I am
>> interfering with the base licences, and as such, I must wait until PAPEL
>> and Onto.pt author also grants a specific licensing change permission
>> for this project?
> You can't interfere with other peoples' licences.
>
> Your licence statement only applies to contributions for which you hold
> the copyright, so as long as you make it clear what code is yours and
> what code is other peoples', you can post your licence statement at your
> convenience.
>
> (The current situation is confusing, because it sounds like you have
> compiler's copyright, which means you own the copyright in the files you
> are submitting, but not in the files they were built from. That's why
> being very clear about what work is whose is so important...)
>
> Cheers,
> Wol
>



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