gnomeweb-wml r6383 - trunk/www.gnome.org/projects/evolution

[mbarnes svn gnome org]

Author: mbarnes
Date: Mon Oct 13 18:50:29 2008
New Revision: 6383
URL: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/gnomeweb-wml?rev=6383&view=rev

Log:
2008-10-13  Matthew Barnes  <mbarnes redhat com>

	* patch.shtml:
	Replace copyright assignment requirement with a historical note
	about it, with a link to Srini's annoucement from July.



Modified:
   trunk/www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/ChangeLog
   trunk/www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/patch.shtml

Modified: trunk/www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/patch.shtml
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--- trunk/www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/patch.shtml	(original)
+++ trunk/www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/patch.shtml	Mon Oct 13 18:50:29 2008
@@ -115,7 +115,11 @@
 
 <p>If you attach a patch to a bug report, please also send it to the list.</p>
 
-<p>Any non-trival patches (typically, more than five lines) also require copyright assignment. See <a href="http://forgeftp.novell.com/evolution/docs/copyright_form.pdf";>the Evolution copyright page</a> for details.</p>
+<p>Historically, the Evolution project required the copyright on all
+non-trivial patches to be assigned to Novell.  As of July 2008, this
+is no longer required.  See this
+<a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2008-July/msg00065.html";>announcement</a>
+for details.</p>
 
 <p>If you follow the guidelines listed here, you should generally expect a response within 2 working days. If you re-send the same patch repeatedly, you will less likely to receive attention. <em>Do not re-send the same patch repeatedly.</em></p>
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