glep-0076: Shift responsibilities from Trustees to Council

After Gentoo Linux has become an associated project of SPI,
the Council is the obvious entity to be responsible for the tasks
previously assigned to the Trustees.

Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/glep-0076.rst b/glep-0076.rst
index 338e094..403bf78 100644
--- a/glep-0076.rst
+++ b/glep-0076.rst
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ Author: Richard Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>,
         Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>
 Type: Informational
 Status: Active
-Version: 1.3
+Version: 2
 Created: 2013-04-23
-Last-Modified: 2023-04-01
+Last-Modified: 2024-03-31
 Post-History: 2018-06-10, 2018-06-19, 2018-08-31, 2018-09-26, 2023-03-02
 Content-Type: text/x-rst
 ---
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ infrastructure or to any official Gentoo project (independently
 of hosting) must comply with this policy.  Unofficial Gentoo projects
 are also recommended to use this policy.
 
-Questions regarding this policy should be directed to the Trustees
+Questions regarding this policy should be directed to the Council
 or the ``gentoo-project`` mailing list.  Any concerns over possible
-copyright violations should be directed to the Trustees if they cannot
+copyright violations should be directed to the Council if they cannot
 be worked out with the appropriate maintainer.
 
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ c) A license approved as GPL compatible by the Free Software
    Foundation [#GPL-COMPAT]_.
 
 Exceptions for other free software licenses will be granted by the
-Gentoo Foundation on a case by case basis.
+Gentoo Council on a case by case basis.
 
 For easy reference, the license for each project should be documented
 on the wiki page at [#PROJECTS]_.
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ associated project/package providing as much information as possible.
 Files that are not brought into compliance within 60 days or upon a
 request for removal by a aggrieved copyright holder will be removed.
 Any concerns not addressed by a maintainer can be appealed to the
-Trustees.
+Council.
 
 
 Simplified Attribution
@@ -253,6 +253,12 @@ the DCO model and an FLA model [#FLA]_ as it is used by different open
 source projects.  Contributors would be able to freely choose whether
 they sign the FLA document or not.
 
+After Gentoo Linux has become an associated project of Software in the
+Public Interest (SPI) [#SPI]_, the Gentoo Council will be responsible
+for granting of license exceptions and resolution of copyright issues,
+instead of the Gentoo Foundation Trustees.  The Council may confer
+with SPI for issues that it cannot resolve itself.
+
 
 Licensing of Projects
 ---------------------
@@ -274,9 +280,9 @@ license.)
 
 By default, GPL-incompatible licenses (e.g., the CDDL) are not
 allowed, because their use would hinder interchange of code between
-Gentoo projects.  However, the Foundation can grant exceptions to
-this, as long as the license in question is a free software or open
-source license.
+Gentoo projects.  However, the Council can grant exceptions to this,
+as long as the license in question is a free software or open source
+license.
 
 
 Changes to the Certificate of Origin
@@ -382,6 +388,9 @@ References
    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?id=d4563201f33a022fc0353033d9dfeb1606a88330#n410
    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d4563201f33a022fc0353033d9dfeb1606a88330
 
+.. [#SPI] Software in the Public Interest,
+   https://www.spi-inc.org/
+
 .. [#CC-SOFTWARE] Can I apply a Creative Commons license to software?
    https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-apply-a-creative-commons-license-to-software