Re: Request for advice on code donation

Cool, thanks for weighing in as well, Shane! I learned something new :) Shane Curcuru wrote: Alex has it right, and it's important to remember that the ASF never asks for copyright assignment of code; we only ask for an SGA grant or a voluntary submission from a contributor of ICLA signer. We

Re: Request for advice on code donation

Alex has it right, and it's important to remember that the ASF never asks for copyright assignment of code; we only ask for an SGA grant or a voluntary submission from a contributor of ICLA signer. We only want a license to be able to ship the eventual Apache project under the Apache License

Re: Request for advice on code donation

Thanks, Greg. I thought the whole point of this part of the process was that we could assign the copyright from the original contributors to the ASF - the thing that licenses wouldn't be covering. That's great that this isn't a sticking point, I'm just honestly a bit confused. On Jan 15, 2016

Re: Request for advice on code donation

AIUI, copyrights never get re-assigned. There is a collective copyright for the collective work, but each line of code is still owned by some entity/person that contributed it. Copyright law apparently only allows the copyright owner or a person they authorize to muck with copyright statements

Re: Request for advice on code donation

Alex, thanks a bunch -- this was super helpful. re-thank you to everyone else who chimed in as well! Alex Harui wrote: AIUI, copyrights never get re-assigned. There is a collective copyright for the collective work, but each line of code is still owned by some entity/person that contributed

Re: Request for advice on code donation

Looks like the repo was placed under the Apache License long before this individual contributed. So, IMO, if you are convinced this individual and his employer knew his contributions were placed under the Apache License you could gamble and accept his contributions. If you get an objection

Re: Request for advice on code donation

Exactly ... just bring the work into the ASF under its ALv2 license. You don't need permission from (all) contributors to use the software under that license. That's *why* we have licenses! Rewriting the headers is a little trickier, though. I'd suggest a two step process: 1) bring in the code,

Re: Request for advice on code donation

@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Request for advice on code donation https://github.com/apache/incubator-slider/pull/3/commits jbnote is the unresponsive party in question. There are a modest number of commits and changes from him. Alex -- that's the thing. Aside from a "I'll get you a CCLA from my employ

Re: Request for advice on code donation

How big are the contributions in question? On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 11:37 AM, Alex Harui wrote: > Looks like the repo was placed under the Apache License long before this > individual contributed. So, IMO, if you are convinced this individual and > his employer knew his

Re: Request for advice on code donation

Let me dig around in the history and see what I can find. Ted Dunning wrote: How big are the contributions in question? On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 11:37 AM, Alex Harui wrote: Looks like the repo was placed under the Apache License long before this individual contributed.

RE: Request for advice on code donation

CCLA is optional for ASF -Original Message- From: Josh Elser [mailto:josh.el...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 12:34 PM To: d...@slider.incubator.apache.org Cc: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Request for advice on code donation https://github.com/apache/incubator

Re: Request for advice on code donation

To: d...@slider.incubator.apache.org Cc: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Request for advice on code donation https://github.com/apache/incubator-slider/pull/3/commits jbnote is the unresponsive party in question. There are a modest number of commits and changes from him. Alex

Re: Request for advice on code donation

https://github.com/apache/incubator-slider/pull/3/commits jbnote is the unresponsive party in question. There are a modest number of commits and changes from him. Alex -- that's the thing. Aside from a "I'll get you a CCLA from my employer" 2 months ago, I haven't heard anything from this