[nylug-talk] Running a FOSS project

[Dan Crosta]

for some time now i've been de-facto maintainer of two open source 
projects, Trackle which I presented a few months ago at the NYLUG 
general meeting, and DTK, which is the current focus of the NYLUG Python 
Workshop's efforts (thanks, guys!) I've been searching around trying to 
find general answers or guidelines to what seems like the most pressing 
question I face as a maint:

What do I have to do to incorporate user-submited patches into my 
codebase to:
  a) cover my own ass, legally
  b) ensure that the contributed code may be licensed the same way
     as the parent body of code
  c) not trample the rights of my contributors

(OK, to be fair, I guess that's 3 questions, but they're undeniably tied 
up in one another.)

Does anyone else here have any experience with this, or can anyone think 
of a place to find out more about this?

Thanks,
- d