On Sat, Mar 19, 2005 at 10:42:28PM -0500, Phil Steitz wrote: >... > That's what I thought, and that's what the licenses web page > (http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas) says, but the text of the CCLA > begins like this: > > Thank you for your interest in The Apache Software Foundation (the > "Foundation"). In order to clarify the intellectual property license > granted with contributions of software from any person or entity > (the "Contributor"), the Foundation would like to have a Contributor > License Agreement on file that has been signed by the Contributor, > indicating agreement to the license terms below. This license is for > your protection as a Contributor of software to the Foundation and does > not change your right to use your own contributions for any other purpose. > > In this case the signatory is the corporation. The language would seem > to suggest that the corporation is in fact contributing directly.
The legal language would say that because the corporation is the original owner of the IP. The CCLA is intended to enable the individuals to sign their ICLA, which states the individual has the right to provide the IP to the ASF. >From a legal standpoint, the CCLA is saying the corp can contribute, but we don't accept contributions from them. Instead, we accept the corporations's IP from individuals (their employees). We accept that contribution under the language of the ICLA. But legalese be damned... the philosophy and intent of the ASF is to accept IP from individuals. Only. Cheers, -g -- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: Discussions on this list are informational and educational only, are not privileged and do not constitute legal advice. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
