Daniel John Debrunner wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Daniel John Debrunner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>>The original contribution of Derby was from IBM, hence IBM has the >>>copyright on all those original files. The ASF policy is not to have >>>individiual copyright statements in each source file and the new policy >>>(I think) is to remove the copyright statement in each source file, >>>leaving just the reference to the Apache Licence in the source file. >>> >>>Dan. >> >> >>[mjs] >>That would not be a good idea, and I suggest that you have IP attorneys from >>IBM make a final recommendation on this. (No need for Apache to spend money >>if IBM has the resources and its in IBM's best interest to do something.) >> >>Here's why: > > <legal stuff snipped> > > Michael, you should probably check out the legal-disucss mailing list > archives, I'm sure all of this was covered.
It might be helpful for derby-user as a whole to understand that the Apache Incubator requires resolving any ip issues *before* a project graduates from the Incubator. Lots of information is at http://incubator.apache.org/ . A project simply won't graduate if there is a pending legal matter. After graduation, legal oversight continues by the project's PMC (Derby is a subproject of the DB PMC). Derby graduated last July -- time flies! -- and the user community has grown rapidly. derby-user started with 0 subscribers in August 2004, had grown to 282 when it graduated in July 2005, and today has 411. Here's to the next 100 users! -jean
