Well, true that your contribution can not be released into the PD without your permission, however someone (incl ASF) can release it under another license, a.k.a sublicense. ALv2 allows this (paragraph 2).
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Alex Blewitt <alex.blew...@gmail.com> wrote: > The PMC do not have the authority to release it as public domain as they do > not own the code. It was donated by individuals (such as myself) under the > Apache license. > > To get it released under a different license you would have to personally > contact every contributor and ask them for permission individually. It is not > up to the PMC. > > To save you time in wasting hours tracking down every contributor I hereby do > not agree to release my contributions under anything but the Apache License > that it is under currently. Therefore it is impossible for Apache Harmony in > its entirety under public domain without removal of my contributions. > > Please take time to understand how copyright and licensing interact and stop > making requests which are impossible for the PMC to grant, whether the > project is active or archived. > > Alex > > Sent from my iPhone 4S > > On 3 Nov 2011, at 08:49, johann Sorel <sorel.joh...@inbox.com> wrote: > >> >> Hello, >> >> You are right, if they want they can use it with this license but still it's >> a source of problems. we have plenty of different licenses out there, MIT, >> BSD, GPL ... and some more license we surely be created in the futur, mixing >> them is not always fun. All of them are not fully compatible. Legal problems >> are something really dirty when you encounter them, noone working on >> open-source projects want to have such problems. >> >> The apache license is ~more or less~ fine today (everyone has it's own >> preference), but might become a problem later. To avoid those problems the >> change can only be done now while the PMC is still here. >> >> Setting it in public domain can also make it revive, forks can start much >> more easely from it. Several JVM have ~dyed~ (or are in lawsuit like google >> dalvik, android) in the last year. Having a few more vm out there would be >> for the best, specialy if they are already reliable alternatives like >> harmony. >> >> >> Johann Sorel >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: clrayc...@gmail.com >>> Sent: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 14:48:10 +0800 >>> To: dev@harmony.apache.org, melans...@gmail.com >>> Subject: Re: [Vote] Move Apache Harmony to the Attic >>> >>> Hi, >>> As my understanding, if anyone (inlcuding students) want to use Harmony >>> or >>> contribute to Harmony. >>> There is no limitation with the Apache license. >>> >>> Correct me, if I am wrong. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Melan Nimesh <melans...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 8:31 PM, johann Sorel <sorel.joh...@inbox.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I'm intruding again, before moving it to the attic and while the PMC is >>>>> still alive. >>>>> maybe you could consider moving the project under public domain for the >>>>> benefit of other vm, student and university works ? and android by the >>>> way >>>>> (even if I'm not fan of it). >>>>> >>>> >>>> +1 for moving the project under public domain >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Mail from last year : >>>>> http://harmony.markmail.org/message/bzifm5jshpviyyzz?q=public+domain >>>>> >>>>> This will allow other project with bsd-like, mit, ...etc... licenses to >>>>> reuse parts of harmony more easely. Don't let all this work go to >>>>> waste. >>>>> >>>>> See it as a gift to the community :) . >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> johann sorel >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: mikhail.a.mar...@gmail.com >>>>>> Sent: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 17:54:28 +0400 >>>>>> To: dev@harmony.apache.org >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Vote] Move Apache Harmony to the Attic >>>>>> >>>>>> +1 >>>>>> >>>>>> Sadly, but indeed there are no activity in the project for months... >>>>>> >>>>>> On 11/2/11, Alex Blewitt <alex.blew...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> +1 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sorry to see it go but with the history and lack of sponsorship >>>>>>> (commercial >>>>>>> or otherwise), the project has probably drawn to a close. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 29 Oct 2011, at 10:03, Tim Ellison wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Please vote on the proposal to move Apache Harmony to the Apache >>>> Attic. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [+1] Move Harmony to the Attic >>>>>>>> [ 0] Don't care >>>>>>>> [-1] Don't move Harmony to the Attic. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The vote will be open for at least 72 hours. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>> Tim >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ____________________________________________________________ >>>>> Publish your photos in seconds for FREE >>>>> TRY IM TOOLPACK at http://www.imtoolpack.com/default.aspx?rc=if4 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> --Melan >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> http://about.me/clraychen >>> Regards, >>> >>> Ray Chen >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> Share photos & screenshots in seconds... >> TRY FREE IM TOOLPACK at http://www.imtoolpack.com/default.aspx?rc=if1 >> Works in all emails, instant messengers, blogs, forums and social networks. >> >> > -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://www.qi4j.org - New Energy for Java I live here; http://tinyurl.com/3xugrbk I work here; http://tinyurl.com/6a2pl4j I relax here; http://tinyurl.com/2cgsug
