On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Guillaume Nodet <[email protected]> wrote: > Just reading it: > http://www.osgi.org/wiki/uploads/About/Full_Member_agreement_2007.pdf > > it seems to me, but IANAL and far from being, that the IP is granted > to the OSGi Alliance when working *for* the OSGi Alliance. > My understanding is that it's mostly about RFP / RFC / RI / TCK development. > AFAIK, Felix have some RI for the ConfigAdmin, so either this issue > has been dealt with or has been missed somehow ...
Well, Felix is not "working for" the Alliance, and if ASF would be a Member the section you are referring to would be of section 1 "Member Developed IP" instead of section 2 "OSGi Developed IP". IANAL either, but I read it as "if we develop something and contribute to OSGi Alliance, we own it, but must provide a license to...", which ALv2 already does by default. So, that is probably not the issues. Confidentiality is a potential issue, and perhaps in combination with the TCK (OSGi Confidential)... But then again, isn't many JSRs on similar terms? Well, perhaps BJ, Dan Bandera and Kriens could hook up with some official, long-term ASFers and see what the issue really is... Cheers -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://www.qi4j.org - New Energy for Java I live here; http://tinyurl.com/2qq9er I work here; http://tinyurl.com/2ymelc I relax here; http://tinyurl.com/2cgsug
