Re: Dev - [OFBiz] subprojects <Bump> Attn: David Welton

Posted by David E. Jones on Mar 04, 2006; 6:51am
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Dev-OFBiz-subprojects-Bump-Attn-David-Welton-tp167039p167040.html


I believe the answer is yes, a CLA is still required. The CLA is a  
specific license grant to the ASF and not something more generic. In  
other words, a project can use the Apache 2.0 license but with their  
own copyright and such. This doesn't mean the ASF owns the code or  
has a license grant, so I think it has to be explicitly granted.

I'm not totally sure about this, but as I understand it this is how  
things work. We have started adding Apache 2.0 headers with the  
copyright assigned to the ASF, but we can only really do this because  
we are already in the incubator.

-David


On Mar 3, 2006, at 11:29 PM, Chris Howe wrote:

> This may have been overlooked because of the end of
> the month...
>
> David Welton,
>
> Would iCLAs be necessary if the subproject hosted on
> sf.net used the Apache 2.0 license?
>
> --- David Welton <davidnwelton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2/26/06, Chris Howe <cjhowe76013 at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>> sourceforge.net just completed their svn beta and
>> are
>>> now offering svn repository for projects that they
>>> host.  Would it be better for
>> specialized/incomplete
>>> applications to create their own project there
>> until
>>> they reach a level of maturity that the Ofbiz
>> project
>>> desires?  At that point, the OFBiz team could ask
>> that
>>> it be merged into the Apache OFBiz project.
>>
>> If they went that route, and wanted to aim for
>> re-integration, they'd
>> have to make sure that they keep a tight rein on
>> licensing.  It's
>> likely they'd have to do iCLA's for new people
>> they'd picked up.  To
>> become a subproject they'd also likely have to go
>> through the whole
>> incubation thing, although it would be simpler at
>> that point because
>> (if all goes well:-) OFBiz will be an established
>> part of the ASF at
>> that time.
>>
>> --
>> David N. Welton
>>  - http://www.dedasys.com/davidw/
>>
>> Linux, Open Source Consulting
>>  - http://www.dedasys.com/
>>
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