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== The Joint Copyright Assignment ==
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'''Note:''' the JCA was superseded by the '''Sun Contributor Agreement''' which was superseded by the '''[[Oracle Contributor Agreement]]'''.
  
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This lurks here [http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/jca.pdf (pdf)].
 
  
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A non-lawyers view of this & it's reasonable-ness is provided by Michael Meeks (a non-Sun developer):
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The '''Joint Copyright Assignment''' is a legal document you sign giving Sun, as well as your self, copyright to your contributions to OpenOffice.org.
  
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    In my opinion the JCA is both sensible and reasonable.
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It lurks at http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/jca.pdf
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    1st - it is important to have a single owner for the OO.o codebase copyright
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          to allow re-licensing in future. Ideally it would be owned by a neutral
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          3rd party, but the existing situation works well because:
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    2nd - Sun does not (ab)use the re-licensing provisions available to them,
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          indeed - quite the opposite they contribute all their changes to the code
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          following the spirit of the LGPL much as anyone else would.
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    Furthermore, the JCA doesn't 'loose' you your copyright, just shares it.
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    Novell, RedHat and other corporations & groups have collectively signed
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    the JCA.
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There is more good blurb about this [http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-licensing.html#usinglicenses] here for those that want to know more.
 
There is more good blurb about this [http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-licensing.html#usinglicenses] here for those that want to know more.
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For JCA already sent and still awaiting for approval, please see the [[Pending JCAs]] section to post your enquiry and follow up.
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Latest revision as of 19:56, 25 January 2011

Note: the JCA was superseded by the Sun Contributor Agreement which was superseded by the Oracle Contributor Agreement.


The Joint Copyright Assignment is a legal document you sign giving Sun, as well as your self, copyright to your contributions to OpenOffice.org.

It lurks at http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/jca.pdf

There is more good blurb about this [1] here for those that want to know more.

For JCA already sent and still awaiting for approval, please see the Pending JCAs section to post your enquiry and follow up.

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