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On Aug 14 11:24, Darryl Miles wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >Please don't forget the "Before you get started" drill as descibed
> >on http://cygwin.com/contrib.html
> 
> I do have questions, they may seem daft, but this issue is legal thing 
> so the finer points are important:
> [...]

IANAL, but the minimum points should be clear:

- The copyright assignment gives Red Hat the right to use the code which
  has gone into Cygwin.  It doesn't influence former or later work of
  you which has never been applied.

- You never lose your own work, so what you contributed to Cygwin is
  still yours.  You can always reuse your own code in other projects.
  The idea is to make sure that you don't revoke the right from Red Hat
  to use the code you've contributed.

> So are there any alternative options to contribute for those not wishing 
> to enter into a commercial legal agreement with a profit generating 
> organization in order to contribute to an (almost-)open source project ?

No.  If you want to contribute to an FSF project like, say, gcc or gdb,
you have to sign a copyright assignment as well.  The situation is not
different for Cygwin, it's just Red Hat instead of the FSF which is the
copyright holder for the project.  As for any other question: IANAL.


Corinna

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