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<html newsdate="2015-08-17">
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<version>1</version>
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<head>
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<title>FSFE's role in the Bacula project</title>
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</head>
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<body>
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<h1>New role for the FSFE in the Bacula project</h1>
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<p>
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In April 2015, we announced a change in the relationship between Kern
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Sibbald and the FSFE owing to the cancellation of the Fiduciary
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License Agreement (FLA) between Kern and the FSFE which previously
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made the FSFE a fiduciary for copyrights in the Bacula software.
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</p>
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<p>
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Since then the FSFE has been working with Kern to find a way that
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assures that the original premise of the FLA, to ensure that
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contributors can rely that their contributions will remain as Free
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Software, continue to hold true even when the FSFE no longer holds the
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copyright to Bacula itself.
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</p>
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<p>
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In an agreement between the FSFE, Kern and Bacula Systems, all three
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parties have jointly agreed that any agreements that a Bacula
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contributor signs with Kern regarding the copyright of their
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contribution must include similar provisions as those of the FLA. It
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also reiterates the continued committment of Kern to keep all future
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versions of the Bacula.org community version under a Free Software
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license, something that the FSFE in its new role will continue to
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support and provide guidance for.
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</p>
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<p>
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Over the coming months, the FSFE will wind down its previous role as
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a
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fiduciary for Bacula, effectively transfering its copyright held to
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Kern. However, the FSFE will continue to act as a fiduciary for the
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copyright of those contributors who so wish and will continue to work
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with Kern and contributors to ensure that the premises of our
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agreements, keeping Bacula as Free Software, are retained.
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</p>
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</body>
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<tag key="front-page"/>
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<tag key="compliance">Compliance</tag>
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<tag key="legal">Legal</tag>
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<tag key="licensing">Licensing</tag>
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</tags>
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</html>
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