For corporate entities, this is not optimal... they need legal to sign off on any donations, and such a "single" donation is much easier. If a donation is triple-licensed "mpl+alv2+lgpgv2" would that be accepted by TDF?
On Mar 6, 2013, at 10:40 AM, Florian Reisinger <reisi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am gonna try to answer your question, although I am not that experienced: > > If you are the author of the code, you may send it in as MPL + LGPLv3 > to LibreOffice and to ALv2 to OpenOffice. Might this answer your > question? > > > Liebe Grüße, / Yours, > Florian Reisinger > > Am 06.03.2013 um 16:31 schrieb Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com>: > >> Thanks for the reply, but the policy doesn't answer my specific question. >> >> I have a patch which is written for LibreOffice. However, >> I want to provide that patch to LO under both LGPLv3 AND ALv2. >> Based *solely* on the fact that it is dual-licensed and >> nothing else, is such a patch acceptable. >> >> Dropping OpenOffice since they have already indicated that >> the answer for them is YES. >> >> And this is not a theoretical question. I have been >> approached by people and companies stating that >> they wish to help LO but want to provide their code >> patches also under ALv2 (for internal legal reasons) >> and have been told that TDF and LO refuses to accept such >> code/patches/etc *simply* because it is dual/triple/quadruple >> licensed under the ALv2. >> >> tia. >> >> On Mar 5, 2013, at 3:08 PM, Florian Effenberger >> <flo...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: >> >>> Hello Jim, >>> >>> thank you for your e-mail. You'll find TDF's policy on this subject here: >>> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/License_Policy >>> >>> Best, >>> Florian >>> >>> >>> Jim Jagielski wrote on 2013-03-05 18:32: >>>> >>>> On Mar 5, 2013, at 10:34 AM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> So far, I've rec'd an answer from AOO... I'd appreciate >>>>> an answer from TDF as well. >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 4, 2013, at 11:39 AM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> BTW, Please be sure that I'm on the CC list, so I get >>>>>> any and all responses :) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mar 4, 2013, at 8:08 AM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello there. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This Email is being directed to the 2 controlling bodies of >>>>>>> the Apache OpenOffice Project and LibreOffice (TDF). You will >>>>>>> notice that I am sending this from my non-ASF account. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Recently, at various conferences, I have been approached by >>>>>>> numerous people, both 100% volunteer as well as more "corporate" >>>>>>> affiliated, wondering if it was OK for them to submit code, >>>>>>> patches and fixes to both AOO and LO at the same time. In >>>>>>> general, these people have code that directly patches LO >>>>>>> but they also want to dual-license the code such that it >>>>>>> can also be consumed by AOO even if it requires work and >>>>>>> modification for it to be committed to, and folded into, >>>>>>> the AOO repo. My response has always been that as the >>>>>>> orig author of their code/patches/whatever, they can >>>>>>> license their contributions as they see fit. However, >>>>>>> I have been told that they have rec'd word that such >>>>>>> dual-licensed code would not be accepted by, or acceptable >>>>>>> to, either the AOO project and/or LO and/or TDF and/or >>>>>>> the ASF. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Therefore, I am asking for official confirmation from >>>>>>> both projects and both entities that both projectsSo >>>>>>> are fully OK with accepting code/patches/etc that >>>>>>> are licensed in such a way as to be 100% consumable >>>>>>> by both projects. For example, if I have a code patch >>>>>>> which is dual-licensed both under LGPLv3 and ALv2, that >>>>>>> such a patch would be acceptable to both LO and AOO. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
