The upstream license is GPLv2. I don't think it is possible to trace all the developers.
On 9/25/12 3:04 AM, "Noah Slater" <nsla...@tumbolia.org> wrote: >However, Debian only ships open source code, so we know we're good there. >What is the upstream license? If the upstream developer is happy with us >using it, then as long as we attribute all the correct people, we should >be >good to go. > >On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 2:39 AM, Chiradeep Vittal < >chiradeep.vit...@citrix.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On 9/24/12 5:35 PM, "Chip Childers" <chip.child...@sungard.com> wrote: >> >> >On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Chiradeep Vittal >> ><chiradeep.vit...@citrix.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> On 9/21/12 8:37 PM, "Chip Childers" <chip.child...@sungard.com> >>wrote: >> >> >> >>>On Sep 21, 2012, at 8:59 PM, Chiradeep Vittal >> >>><chiradeep.vit...@citrix.com> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> >> >>>> I am unable to resolve >> >>>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-147. >> >>>> Perhaps we need a cleanroom implementation or an exception. >> >>>> CLOUDSTACK-147 is the only one in "Unresolved" state >> >>>> >> >>>> Cheers >> >>>> -- >> >>>> Chiradeep >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>>Wow, this is fantastic news! >> >>> >> >>>Yes, thee RAT stuff probably needs to be adjusted a bit (which I'll >> >>>happily own). We also need to do the licensing stuff for the files >> >>>originally included from other projects (again, I'm more than willing >> >>>to get that done early next week). >> >>> >> >>>For that unresolved issue, perhaps we can try what Joe did for >> >>>CLOUDSTACK-146? Does someone want to try and track down the orig >> >>>developer? If not, this is a specific item that we can ask for an >> >>>exception on from the legal folks. >> >>> >> >>>-chip >> >> >> >> There is no "original developer", it is a delta from the stock Debian >> >> config. >> > >> >By "original developer", I meant that we could go to the source >> >project for the file itself and ask what claims they believe they have >> >on the file (and / or willingness to change). Does it make sense to >> >try that? >> >> Sorry, let me clarify. The config file is probably authored by Debian >> developers, >> likely based on a template from the original authors. That is, there are >> multiple developers >> involved unlike the dnsmasq case which had a single author. >> >> Given that the delta from the Debian config is a few lines of key-value >> bindings, we can either >> A) vote on whether this constitutes an acceptable use >> B) ask for legal ruling >> C) develop some way of patching the original with this delta. >> >> -- >> Chiradeep >> >> > > >-- >NS
