From 0e19ed2e770675286e50f1da060d76c4fbff4ed1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Amolith Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 13:05:38 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] improve wording around FLA --- README.md | 22 ++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ffb6213..1f704af 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -98,19 +98,17 @@ section._ Willow will always be free software, but it's hard to anticipate the future. I may want to change to a different Free (FSF approved) and Open Source (OSI -approved) license in the future. To allow this limited relicensing, I ask -contributors to sign a _**F**iduciary **L**icense **A**greement_, or an FLA, -that allows me to change Willow's license at any time _without_ contributor -input, but _with_ those license limitations. +approved) license in the future. To allow this relicensing within those FOSS +limits and without requiring me to contact every historical contributor for +their consent at the time of re-license, I ask contributors to sign a +_**F**iduciary **L**icense **A**greement_, or an FLA. It's sort of like giving +me advance consent to license your work under a different free and open source +license should that become necessary in the future. -Willow's FLA transfers the contributor's copyright over their contribution to -Amolith and limits which licenses he can choose to "licenses the Free Software -Foundation classifies as Free Software License and which are approved by the -Open Source Initiative as Open Source licenses". - -Essentially, it allows me to keep Willow's license(s) up-to-date without -requiring me to contact every historical contributor, and it does all that while -ensuring Willow remains free software :) +Precisely, Willow's FLA transfers the contributor's copyright over their +contribution to Amolith and limits which licenses he can put that work under to +"licenses the Free Software Foundation classifies as Free Software License and +which are approved by the Open Source Initiative as Open Source licenses". Alongside initial contributions, please sign the FLA and email a digital copy to amolith@secluded.site. You can sign the FLA by printing, signing, and scanning