On 6/8/06, Colm MacCarthaigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There are quite a few reasonable alternative strategies for dealing with that kind of scenario. Does the ASF have such a policy as a matter of course, regardless of the severity of such an action?
As that hasn't happened yet, there is no set policy - except that we would take it very seriously. We have had informal issues with potential copyright violations (all of which have been resolved amicably) - in those cases, we have tended to lock down the repositories fairly quickly while we investigate further. Unfortunately, copyrights aren't as straightforward as patents. So, *if* the ASF were to receive a formal notice regarding patent infringement, I would believe the relevant decision-making parties would be the Board, VP Legal, Counsel(s), and the relevant PMC Chair. -- justin
