On 7/31/05, Geir Magnusson Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 31, 2005, at 9:57 AM, robert burrell donkin wrote: > > > On 7/31/05, Geir Magnusson Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip> > >>> . personally speaking, i do not accept > >>> new files contributed through the lists which do not have the ASL2 > >>> boiler plate at the top. this way is common at apache. > >>> > >> > >> We won't either, and we probably won't from the mailing list anyway - > >> we'd ask that this kind of contribution is made through JIRA. > >> > > > > <snip> > > > > > >>> it is very > >>> difficult to see how a user posting code with a specific license > >>> to a > >>> mailing list is given knowing consent for that license to be removed > >>> and replaced by a different license by a third party. it all seems a > >>> little fuzzy legally. > >>> > >> > >> I'm not quite sure what you are talking about here. > >> > > > > i was thinking about new files with an ASL boiler plate at the top but > > if these are going to accepted via JIRA then this isn't an issue. > > Agreed. We're going to be very, very careful with incoming > contributions, because the mass of applicable code out there - all > the source to Sun's releases, for example - increases the risk that > we'll get something a copyright owner didn't actually contribute... +1 i wonder whether JIRA could be persuaded to present some sort of click through documentation reminding users that apache is only interested in unencumbered original contributions. IIRC the biggest part of bootstrapping commons-math was assembling enough documentation to ensure everyone who wanted to contribute knew enough about copyright law to be able to vouch for their contributions. phil steitz is a good documentor and managed a (somewhat) similar process with commons-math. i wonder whether he might have some tips. i want to try to boostrap some kind of legal FAQ for committers and contributors (http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/jakarta-general/200507.mbox/[EMAIL PROTECTED]) but was considering the right place to bring up the subject (danny's emails in the linked thread pretty much sum up the idea). so maybe that'd be useful for harmony as well... - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
