As e.V. one of our aims is to ensure that Phosh remains Free Software. In order to be able to defend any possible claims in the future it is now possible to assign Phosh.mobi e.V. as fiduciary. This is by no means a requirement to contribute to Phosh but if you consider it useful, you can do it now.

We opted for this variant developed by the FSFE as its goals align very much with what we had in mind:

The Fiduciary Licence Agreement (FLA) was created with that in mind - to concentrate all deciding power within one entity and prevent fragmentation of rights on the one hand, while preventing that single entity from abusing its power on the other.

We also wanted to make sure the contributors won’t lose their rights on their contribution:

The Contributor does not lose all of their rights, just the exclusivity in them. While the Contributor transfers their exclusive rights to the entity responsible for managing, the Trustee reciprocally grants the Contributor a non-exclusive worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable licence to same extent as it was originally transferred from the Contributor.

See the FSFE’s full FLA page for more details.

If you consider this useful and contribute (or consider contributing) to Phosh you can find the agreement here.