We just faxed in a signed NSA CCLA and Software Grant for Accumulo.
As Billie mentioned earlier, the Software Grant is unmodified, with a caveat in
the Exhibit A (List of software and other intellectual property covered by this
agreement), to state that some portions of Accumulo are in the public domain,
and that the copyright license is granted only for those materials for which
there is copyright.
The CCLA is slightly modified. We broadened the definition of "You" (or "Your")
in section one to include "the owner of a contribution not subject to
copyright". We also modified the Grant of Copyright License in section two to
include the clause "to the extent that copyright exists in the
Contribution(s)". The full text of the modified CCLA is attached. Should we
pose this as a question to the LEGAL jira now to see if ASF will accept these
changes?
Adam
The Apache Software Foundation
Software Grant and Corporate Contributor License Agreement ("Agreement")
http://www.apache.org/licenses/
(v r190612)
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