Um, Well, maven still uses Codehaus JIRA that lacks the 'grant to Apache' checkbox. Perhaps they separately negotiate iclas.
On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Tim Williams <william...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 7:39 AM, Mohammad Nour El-Din > <nour.moham...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Tim... >> >> From this link - http://sourceforge.net/projects/nakedobjects - >> project details section, it is stated that the code of this project is >> licensed under (Apache License v2.0), and hence it is the >> responsibility of the person who contributed any code to the project >> to understand that his/her contribution is going to be under the same >> license as long as it is committed as a patch to source code of >> project they contributed to, just like what happens from contributors >> contributing code to different Apache projects. I hope this can reply >> your question ? :) > > Short answer is that I am not totally sure - I just saw that there > were clearly other sources for the code other than the two parties > mentioned and so I thought that should be highlighted in the IP > Clearance section. The question, AIUI, isn't about the license of the > code being patched, it's the granting of the code in the patch itself. > We ask contributors to either submit an ICLA or check the "Grant for > inclusion..." checkbox in JIRA. I don't have a lot of Incubator > experience so I'll defer on this one, it just caught my eye - my own > understanding is that contributors would need to be tracked down[1]. > > --tim > > [1] - http://incubator.apache.org/guides/mentor.html#initial-ip-clearance > >> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Tim Williams <william...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Dan Haywood <dkhayw...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> I'd like to formally propose a new project for the incubator, Apache Isis. >>> >>> ... snipped.... >>> >>>> == Source and IP Submission Plan == >>>> As mentioned earlier, the NO framework is ASLv2 but copyright belongs to >>>> Naked Objects Group Ltd. NOGL is happy to donate the relevant rights to >>>> Apache, while Dan is also happy to donate the various sister projects that >>>> he has written. Having a single legal entity - ASF - owning the relevant >>>> rights to all this software would be very desirable. >>> >>> Your proposal caused me to poke around the NO site and the first forum >>> topic I came upon[1] had someone providing a [simple] patch. This has >>> me curious about the code provenance. Assuming this isn't the only >>> one, could you say something about getting clearance from outside >>> contributors? At least, it seems to me that it could be slightly more >>> complicated than the two parties you mention above. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> --tim >>> >>> [1] - >>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/nakedobjects/forums/forum/544071/topic/3742184 >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks >> - Mohammad Nour >> Author of (WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.0 User Guide) >> http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247585.html >> - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mnour >> - Blog: http://tadabborat.blogspot.com >> ---- >> "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" >> - Albert Einstein >> >> "Writing clean code is what you must do in order to call yourself a >> professional. There is no reasonable excuse for doing anything less >> than your best." >> - Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship >> >> "Stay hungry, stay foolish." >> - Steve Jobs >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
