Comment on MinIO Is Dead, Long Live MinIOparentComments−throawayonthe6mothe FSF position is that GPL is unenforceable without a single copyright owner, which is why almost all gnu projects, linux, canonical/redhat/etc projects have a CLA or something functionally similar−yencabulator6moLinux has no CLA.DCO is something different, and not a rugpull mechanism.Each author retains their copyright, and is not giving away anything, just licensing their contribution according to the project license.https://developercertificate.org/CLAs are a corporate tool for making money off of open source.−Macha6moThat would seem a bizarre position from the FSF, since it would make the license on combined GPL works unenforceable. Do you have a source for that?−nine_k6moGPL maternally depends on copyright enforcement. Who would sue if an infringement is detected? All the contributors collectively?−Macha6moAs with a lot of the past Linux based enforcements of the GPL, any of the contributors−throawayonthe6momain point is expressed here i think: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.htmlbut also seems i was mistaken about the status of linux copyright, they actually do have distributed copyright, apologies
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the FSF position is that GPL is unenforceable without a single copyright owner, which is why almost all gnu projects, linux, canonical/redhat/etc projects have a CLA or something functionally similar
Linux has no CLA.
DCO is something different, and not a rugpull mechanism.
Each author retains their copyright, and is not giving away anything, just licensing their contribution according to the project license.
https://developercertificate.org/
CLAs are a corporate tool for making money off of open source.
That would seem a bizarre position from the FSF, since it would make the license on combined GPL works unenforceable. Do you have a source for that?
GPL maternally depends on copyright enforcement. Who would sue if an infringement is detected? All the contributors collectively?
As with a lot of the past Linux based enforcements of the GPL, any of the contributors
main point is expressed here i think: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.html
but also seems i was mistaken about the status of linux copyright, they actually do have distributed copyright, apologies