Re: Making a non ASF project, ASF friendly

2007-01-15 Thread Chris Howe
--- Leo Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 15, 2007, at 5:35 AM, Chris Howe wrote: > > Ah. Well, you know, OFBiz is a bit of a different > kind of project > from a lot of other ASF projects, so the fact that > our "default > mechanisms" might not apply that well is not so > surprisin

Re: Making a non ASF project, ASF friendly

2007-01-15 Thread Leo Simons
On Jan 15, 2007, at 5:35 AM, Chris Howe wrote: The purpose of the other project is to be a sort of impromptu venue for collaboration of things related to the ASF project. The ASF project in question (The Apache Open for Business Project - OFBiz), has a history of being relatively stable in SVN.

Re: Making a non ASF project, ASF friendly

2007-01-14 Thread Chris Howe
--- Leo Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ...snip... > > Scenario: > > A project (Project A) is set up on Source Forge by > > individuals as the only legal entities. Project A > is > > setup under the Apache License V2. What would > Project > > A need to do beforehand to ensure that all code >

Re: Making a non ASF project, ASF friendly

2007-01-14 Thread Leo Simons
On Jan 6, 2007, at 10:42 AM, Chris Howe wrote: I am currently in the process of setting up a project that will hopefully complement the Apache Open for Business Project and help get some community newbies down the learning curve a bit faster than is currently possible with the tools available wit

Re: Making a non ASF project, ASF friendly

2007-01-07 Thread Chris Howe
--- J Aaron Farr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/6/07, Chris Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Scenario: > > A project (Project A) is set up on Source Forge by > > individuals as the only legal entities. Project A > is > > setup under the Apache License V2. What would > Project > > A nee

Re: Making a non ASF project, ASF friendly

2007-01-07 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 1/7/07, Chris Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- robert burrell donkin > one approach would be for you to collect the > required permissions from > the contributors to the project as you go along: > just ask people to > FAX you (needs to be a hard copy) the required > documents. you'd th

Re: Making a non ASF project, ASF friendly

2007-01-07 Thread Chris Howe
--- robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/6/07, Chris Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Scenario: > > A project (Project A) is set up on Source Forge by > > individuals as the only legal entities. Project A > is > > setup under the Apache License V2. What would > Pr

Re: Making a non ASF project, ASF friendly

2007-01-07 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 1/6/07, Chris Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Scenario: A project (Project A) is set up on Source Forge by individuals as the only legal entities. Project A is setup under the Apache License V2. What would Project A need to do beforehand to ensure that all code committed to Project A's SV

Re: Making a non ASF project, ASF friendly

2007-01-06 Thread Henri Yandell
On 1/6/07, J Aaron Farr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1/7/07, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't agree. Any AL2 licensed work can be included in an ASF > distribution, as a dependency. In terms of committing a piece of work > that is not under our IP (and is not covered by a CLA)

Re: Making a non ASF project, ASF friendly

2007-01-06 Thread Chris Howe
jaaron, Hen, Thank you very much for taking the time to reply. Would it be possible for one of you to forward this to the legal-discuss mailing list? I believe one must be a committer of an ASF project to subscribe. Thanks! Chris --- Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/6/07, J Aa

Re: Making a non ASF project, ASF friendly

2007-01-06 Thread J Aaron Farr
On 1/7/07, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't agree. Any AL2 licensed work can be included in an ASF distribution, as a dependency. In terms of committing a piece of work that is not under our IP (and is not covered by a CLA), the Apache license doesn't make it a given. You would s

Re: Making a non ASF project, ASF friendly

2007-01-06 Thread Henri Yandell
On 1/6/07, J Aaron Farr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1/6/07, Chris Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scenario: > A project (Project A) is set up on Source Forge by > individuals as the only legal entities. Project A is > setup under the Apache License V2. What would Project > A need to do bef

Re: Making a non ASF project, ASF friendly

2007-01-06 Thread J Aaron Farr
On 1/6/07, Chris Howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Scenario: A project (Project A) is set up on Source Forge by individuals as the only legal entities. Project A is setup under the Apache License V2. What would Project A need to do beforehand to ensure that all code committed to Project A's SVN

Making a non ASF project, ASF friendly

2007-01-06 Thread Chris Howe
I am currently in the process of setting up a project that will hopefully complement the Apache Open for Business Project and help get some community newbies down the learning curve a bit faster than is currently possible with the tools available within the ASF. I have been very clear that the pro

Making a non ASF project, ASF friendly

2007-01-06 Thread Chris Howe
I am currently in the process of setting up a project that will hopefully complement the Apache Open for Business Project and help get some community newbies down the learning curve a bit faster than is currently possible with the tools available within the ASF. I have been very clear that the pro