[License-review] For Approval: Convertible Free Software License, Version 1.1 (C-FSL v1.1)
Elmar Stellnberger
estellnb at elstel.org
Thu Sep 27 07:54:55 UTC 2018
>> Section 5. “When applying changes to the source code you
>> need to leave your name, your email address and the date
>> of your modifications so that other people may contact
>> you. If a contributor should not have a steady access to
>> the internet or a satisfying access to an emailing service
>> he may leave another way by which he can be contacted.”
>> This seems to fall afoul of lots of privacy law and
>> possibly GDPR
Nobody is forced to contribute. If a contributor has read the license
he can then decide thereupon whether he wants to contribute or not. i.e.
I don`t think this would fall short with privacy laws.
This statement is crucial for maintaining the quality of the
software. If someone has contributed various times introducing blatant
security risks future contributions of that author may f.i. need to be
examined in detail.
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