[AWS] AWS svn and development process

[Ludovic Brenta]

Thomas Løcke wrote:
> So if I explicitly assign my copyright, then AdaCore can't use the
> contribution in AWS as they wish?

On the contrary. If you assign your copyright to AdaCore, then AdaCore
owns your code and can do anything they like with it, even change the
license.  The same is true, I believe, if you release your works to
the public domain, but this is not possible everywhere.

> What I'm interested in, is contributing with what I can to AWS, in a
> way that make the contribution (code/docs) as readily available to the
> AWS project as possible. Does that mean I should forfeit my copyright,
> or what would you suggest? As far as I understand the articles from
> the links you've provided, this is generally considered a bad idea.

I suggest assigning your copyright to AdaCore.  Pascal has now replied
that this is AdaCore policy anyway.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.