I'm not a dev, but as a user I would find it quite annoying if I had to use Maven to build couch.
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Jason Davies <ja...@jasondavies.com> wrote: > Hi Curt, > > > On 10 Aug 2009, at 14:30, Curt Arnold wrote: > >> On Aug 10, 2009, at 12:33 AM, Paul Davis wrote: >> >>> >>> But perhaps I've missed something. If you could provide me a link to >>> an email discussion or something in the legal documentation that would >>> help me understand what the underlying issues are I would be most >>> grateful. >>> >>> [1] http://www.apache.org/legal/3party.html >>> [2] http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html >>> [3] http://www.apache.org/legal/ramblings.html >>> [4] >>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-legal-discuss/200904.mbox/%3c168ef9ac0904160819v155e440j12d802ae749a...@mail.gmail.com%3e >>> [5] >>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-legal-discuss/200812.mbox/%3c2d12b2f00812261045k644cdd04ub94ca52bf5d0b...@mail.gmail.com%3e >>> [6] >>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/200908.mbox/%3ccaf30e2a0908090354t616809fcu9d59858e59a47...@mail.gmail.com%3e >>> >>> >> The posting on gene...@incubator was a misdirected request since I'm >> relying on recollections of the incubator list traffic from a year or so >> ago. Involving someone who can speak with authority involved would be >> helpful, that was the intent, but the wrong way to go about it. >> >> If existing code that is donated has to be cleared by the Incubator ( >> http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html) before being merged >> into an existing ASF project, it would seem that the hurdle to merge in a >> code base that wasn't donated would have to be higher. >> > > IP clearance is only required for code donations i.e. code that is being > imported into Apache for further development. It's not required for > unmodified third-party dependencies. Please see this e-mail [1] for more > details. > > [1]: http://markmail.org/message/lxxb6cfpq7rhc2sl > > Thanks, > -- > Jason Davies > > www.jasondavies.com > >
