Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-07-19 Thread paul_a
towards two forms to keep the index.xml file in a consistent format. Kind regards Paul Angus _ From: Justin Mclean Sent: Friday, July 16, 2021 9:21:43 AM To: Paul Angus Cc: general@incubator.apache.org ; Rohit Yadav Subject: Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-07-16 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, Assume we have enough information abut the provanance and they are from the same person/company I think one form is OK, but it may be easier to manage with two forms. Thanks, Justin - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

FW: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-07-16 Thread paul_a
officer for accepting Terraform Got it. Thanks Matt. We'll continue on. Kind regards Paul Angus -Original Message- From: Matt Sicker Sent: 13 July 2021 20:39 To: Paul Angus Cc: Subject: Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform Secretary only handles the books here; I don't

FW: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-07-14 Thread paul_a
, July 14, 2021 11:14 AM To: pau...@apache.org; priv...@cloudstack.apache.org Subject: Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform There are two codebases referred in the new git repositories: CloudStack Terraform Provider: https://github.com/xanzy/terraform-provider-cloudstack

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-07-12 Thread Rohit Yadav
Thanks Daniel for confirming. In that case I think we don't have any outstanding concerns, all the guidance and advice we've received on this thread has been attempted and resolved. Hi Paul - I think both Daniel and Justin have been answered and we can continue. Kindly review and start a formal

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-07-12 Thread Daniel Widdis
I have no concerns. I am not a member of the IPMC, just an interested participant in the conversation. On 7/11/21, 11:25 PM, "Rohit Yadav" wrote: Hi Daniel, Justin, IPMC, Are you happy with the answers to satisfaction? Do you have any other questions/concerns, or can we continue

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-07-12 Thread Rohit Yadav
Hi Daniel, Justin, IPMC, Are you happy with the answers to satisfaction? Do you have any other questions/concerns, or can we continue with the IP clearance vote? It has been three weeks since this thread, while the Apache CloudStack PMC has passed the vote to accept donations in April 2021. If

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-07-09 Thread Rohit Yadav
Hi Justin, Yes that's right, there's no 3rd party code in the latest codebase/tags that is being donated. And yes, the large commits that brought the 3rd party code in vendor directory have been all removed too. Regards. On Sat, 10 Jul, 2021, 6:26 am Justin Mclean, wrote: > Hi, > > > However,

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-07-09 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > However, if you compare the changes in above commits against the > repositories being donated the "vendor" directory does not exist now > in both the repositories being donated: > https://github.com/xanzy/go-cloudstack > https://github.com/xanzy/terraform-provider-cloudstack (for example >

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-07-09 Thread Rohit Yadav
Hi Justin, Please see Daniel's email on the commits that introduce the vendor related codebase. Sharing the links of the two commits from Daniel's email: https://github.com/xanzy/terraform-provider-cloudstack/commit/07febb7a6ba78e27224b37ad41e23bc4634b18b4

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-07-09 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > 3. On concern of IP on 3rd party codebase committed by authors - the > codebase/changes are in the vendor directory which is where most of > the (3rd party) code additions/deletions are seen. Is this code clearly marked as 3rd party code and has the correct 3rd party headers? I don’t see

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-07-09 Thread Rohit Yadav
ngus > > -Original Message- > From: Justin Mclean > Sent: 09 July 2021 02:04 > To: Paul Angus > Cc: Sander van Harmelen ; > > Subject: Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform > > HI, > > > I've seen that you had some queries/concerns re

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-07-08 Thread Rohit Yadav
ACS PMC, The IP clearance is tracked at https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/issues/5159 and we have been in the position since last week to start the vote on incubator@. I've asked a few times but haven't heard from our volunteer ASF member Paul Angus. As my last attempt to Paul - are you able

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-07-06 Thread Rohit Yadav
Hi Dan and all of IPMC, Sorry I missed the previous email [1] on the thread as I'm not subscribed to the general@ ML and missed the email. (Thanks Justin for the heads up) I kindly request reply-all (to include the ACS PMC) or include me if you're looking for a response from me, since this is

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-07-05 Thread Rohit Yadav
All, We've completed most of the actions [1][2] per the IP clearance process [1] and the initiative is tracked by a Github issue [2]. The ICLA and software grants by the codebase/repo owner Sander van Harmelen has been acknowledged by ASF secretary@ to PMC and all contributors have been asked for

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-25 Thread Daniel B. Widdis
> I would expect any one making total commits of 100s, 1,000s or more lines of code major/significant. That assumes it's their own code. There are three contributors in the 1000s of lines range, and while these contributors have done a great service to the project, the vast majority of those

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-25 Thread Rohit Yadav
All, Just a short update, I think we've reached out to all the contributors via this Github issue which is also tracking the IP clearance process: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/issues/5159 As per https://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/ip-clearance-template.html#process I think we

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-23 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > I've been following this thread and continue to see phrases such as "major > contributors" and "significant contributions”. That may be a bit nebulous depending on the exact contributions involved, but I would expect any one making total commits of 100s, 1,000s or more lines of code

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-23 Thread Daniel Widdis
I've been following this thread and continue to see phrases such as "major contributors" and "significant contributions". Given the entire premise of the conversation here is on whether there are legal claims to IP, could you clarify, objectively, what defines "major" and/or "significant"?

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-23 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > Alright, I'll create a Github issue as suggested in the example to track IP > clearance with list of all people and will try to reach out to all > contributors within a limited time period and see if they can agree over > the other legal thread and submit their ICLAs. While having an ICLA

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-23 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, Thanks for the clarifications and history it useful to know all of this. > I started, maintained and build most of both these code bases. And as far as > I know I'm (still) legally both the author and the owner of the IP as the > company I work for (for the last 12 years) has a chapter in

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-23 Thread Rohit Yadav
Alright, I'll create a Github issue as suggested in the example to track IP clearance with list of all people and will try to reach out to all contributors within a limited time period and see if they can agree over the other legal thread and submit their ICLAs. I'm not subscribed to the legal or

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-23 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, Thanks for the information and history there, that was quite helpful. > My understanding is the plugin was originally started as a repo or work by > Sander > (https://github.com/xanzy/terraform-provider-cloudstack/commits/master?after=5e7ccfea50810303a6b205084fb6f0b3eade33ca+314=master >

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-23 Thread Rohit Yadav
Thanks Sander for the clarification. Regards. On Wed, 23 Jun, 2021, 11:22 am Sander van Harmelen, wrote: > A, I just now see your message Rohit (it got in my spambox). But yes, I > think the mail I've send just now is pretty much inline with your > explanation in this mail... > > Sander > > On

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-22 Thread Sander van Harmelen
Hi Justin, The story is a bit different. I started, maintained and build most of both these code bases. And as far as I know I'm (still) legally both the author and the owner of the IP as the company I work for (for the last 12 years) has a chapter in their contract that states that any open

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-22 Thread Sander van Harmelen
A, I just now see your message Rohit (it got in my spambox). But yes, I think the mail I've send just now is pretty much inline with your explanation in this mail... Sander On 23 Jun 2021, at 07:30, Rohit Yadav wrote:  My understanding is the plugin was originally started as a repo or work

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-22 Thread Rohit Yadav
My understanding is the plugin was originally started as a repo or work by Sander ( https://github.com/xanzy/terraform-provider-cloudstack/commits/master?after=5e7ccfea50810303a6b205084fb6f0b3eade33ca+314=master) who contributed it to the Hashicorp Github org like many other community providers

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-22 Thread Justin Mclean
HI, > Justin why do we need Hashicorp? They are not involved or are the owner of > the codebase/repos. My understanding was the work was carried out in their repo and that they are probably the IP owner of the codebase. Is that correct? Also, currently [1] redirects to [2], I can see they

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-22 Thread Rohit Yadav
Justin why do we need Hashicorp? They are not involved or are the owner of the codebase/repos. Regards. On Wed, 23 Jun, 2021, 4:56 am Justin Mclean, wrote: > Hi, > > As far as I know this is the situation. If anyone has any information to > add please do so. > - We have no CCLA or grant from

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-22 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, As far as I know this is the situation. If anyone has any information to add please do so. - We have no CCLA or grant from Hashicorp, who probably own the IP. It would be nice to have clarity on who actually does own the IP. - We have one ICLA from a major contributor who has also filled in

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-22 Thread Sander van Harmelen
Hi Justin, I'm sorry, I just hit "reply-all" as I have no idea what's a private list and what's not. But I'll stop mailing... Sander On 22 Jun 2021, at 17:08, Sander van Harmelen wrote: But we are constantly discussing that particular repo right? It's the aothet one that was just added.

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-22 Thread Sander van Harmelen
But we are constantly discussing that particular repo right? It's the aothet one that was just added. Sander On 22 Jun 2021, at 16:05, Justin Mclean wrote: HI, > The license didn’t change for the other repo. It has always been Apache > License, Version 2. Not sure if that matters? The

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-22 Thread Rohit Yadav
Many thanks Dave for replying. Justin - thanks for replying. I think Dave has answered most of the questions. The reason this thread is copied to both ACS PMC and general@ is because this was intended as a starting point for ACS PMC and it was not clear to me how the IP clearance process works.

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-22 Thread Dave Fisher
Hi - This IPMC member is finding this whole discussion circular. I’m including this link [1] from the discussion on legal-discuss@ which did include replies from other contributors. [1]

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-22 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, Please stop mixing public and private lists. Feel free to forward any email to the relevant private list but don’t mix them as it's very easy for something that should only appear on a private list to become public. > The codebases are under Sander's control who also was the original/main

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-22 Thread Rohit Yadav
Justin, On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 7:22 PM Justin Mclean wrote: > Hi, > > > 3. Paul to update and commit the IP clearance: > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/public/trunk/content/ip-clearance/cloudstack-terraform.xml > > and send an email to general@incubator (/cc to >

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-22 Thread Justin Mclean
HI, > The license didn’t change for the other repo. It has always been Apache > License, Version 2. Not sure if that matters? The license for that repo I mentioned has changed in the last couple of days, it was originally Mozilla Public License Version 2.0. [1] Yes this matters as the Mozilla

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-22 Thread Sander van Harmelen
Hi Justin, The license didn’t change for the other repo. It has always been Apache License, Version 2. Not sure if that matters? Sander On 22 Jun 2021, at 14:45, Justin Mclean wrote: HI, Again I request that you please don’t mix private and public channels. IMO More than just a SGA is

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-22 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > 3. Paul to update and commit the IP clearance: > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/public/trunk/content/ip-clearance/cloudstack-terraform.xml > and send an email to general@incubator (/cc to > priv...@cloudstack.apache.org) prefixed [IP CLEARANCE] asking for clearance > to

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-22 Thread Justin Mclean
HI, Again I request that you please don’t mix private and public channels. IMO More than just a SGA is needed here, there are several major contributors that AFAIK they have not been contacted and there are unanswered questions about this IP clearance/donation. Originally only one repo was

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-22 Thread Rohit Yadav
to go? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> “A software grant must be provided to the ASF. This grant can either > be done by the ASF Corporate CLA (via Schedule B) or the Software Grant > Agreement. The completed and signed grant must be emailed to

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-21 Thread Rohit Yadav
>> http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas >> <http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas>).” >> >> >> >> >> >> Kind regards >> >> >> >> Paul Angus >> >> >> >> *From:* Rohit Yadav >> *Sent:* 21 June 2021 10:25

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-21 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > Justin - yes all top 5 major contributors have agreed for it per > https://github.com/svanharmelen/terraform-provider-cloudstack/graphs/contributors. Looking at who has contributed the project I think it needs a little more than those five and I’m not 100% sure who those five are. Have

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-21 Thread Rohit Yadav
> > > *From:* Rohit Yadav > *Sent:* 21 June 2021 10:25 > *To:* ; > general@incubator.apache.org > *Subject:* IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform > > > > All, > > We're in the process of accepting the Terraform provider codebase under > ACS PMC

RE: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-21 Thread Paul Angus
r all owners of IP must sign one of the three documents and send to secretary (reference http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas<http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas>).” Kind regards Paul Angus From: Rohit Yadav Sent: 21 June 2021 10:25 To: ; general@incubator.apache.org Subject: IP

Re: IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-21 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > As the next step, I was advised by ASF legal and others in the list to > follow the IP clearance process for accepting the codebase. I've already > been in touch with Sander who currently has got the repository transferred > by Hashicorp

IP clearance officer for accepting Terraform

2021-06-21 Thread Rohit Yadav
All, We're in the process of accepting the Terraform provider codebase under ACS PMC. The ACS PMC has already accepted the initiative and a vote on the same has already passed: https://markmail.org/message/g4prb25g7wakbifa As the next step, I was advised by ASF legal and others in the list to