Besides the content Oracle owns, it seems we could just ask the other owners
to give the CWS's to the ASF. I mean, really... *somebody* out there holds
the copyright. We just have to determine who, and then ask. Some definite
legwork, but it seems doable.
On Jun 7, 2011 10:15 AM, "Simon Phipps" <si...@webmink.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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