That's very helpful, thanks Andrew. Will Oracle also be providing the work-in-progress CWS[1] please?
Thanks S. [1] http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1792694/cws.ods On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Andrew Rist <andrew.r...@oracle.com> wrote: > It is Oracle's intent to provide to ASF the files needed to build OOo, > taking into account licensing and ownership issues. > This includes binary artifacts such as the OOo artwork and translation > databases. I am following the discussions here closely, > and I am collected all of the lists that are provided. > > In order to execute the standard ASF Software Grant we were required to > come up with an initial list of files, and so the list, > which has been distributed, is exactly that - an initial list. > > As previous stated [1][2], Oracle wants to provide what is needed for the > continuity of the OOo project. In terms of svn history > and such, that becomes more of an issue for the podling to decide, and is > discussed in the podling documentation [3]. > > > > references: > [1] > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201106.mbox/%3c4de9bb9a.7040...@oracle.com%3E > [2] > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201106.mbox/%3c4de9bd98.3050...@oracle.com%3E > [3] > http://incubator.apache.org/guides/mentor.html#initial-import-code-dump > > > On 6/7/2011 5:23 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: > >> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Simon Phipps<si...@webmink.com> wrote: >> >>> It seems entirely reasonable, though, to expect Oracle >>> to provide a firm commitment that they will relicense any and all files >>> in >>> the repository that they own, including CWS. Sam, does the current >>> commitment from Apache give that assurance, or is it something we should >>> ask >>> you to seek? >>> >> >> I will simply state again that it is my expectation that if we make >> reasonable requests and that if those requests are within Oracle's >> power to fulfill those requests, that we will obtain subsequent >> software grants. >> >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > -- Simon Phipps +1 415 683 7660 : www.webmink.com
