Doesn't matter who owns the copyright. It wasn't developed in the Apache repository and was never part of the original donation from Citrix.
On 1/31/13 2:29 AM, "Donal Lafferty" <donal.laffe...@citrix.com> wrote: >The code isn't entirely third party. > >The source I incorporated is clearly derived from Cloud.com (now >Citrix's) Hyper-V driver. As soon as it was moved to a different file, >the Cloud.com copyright was deleted. However, the code I use is a >copy/paste job from the original driver. > >Rather than use the current driver, I could use the driver from Diablo, >which is wholly copyright of Cloud.com (now Citrix) > >DL > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: David Nalley [mailto:da...@gnsa.us] >> Sent: 31 January 2013 05:35 >> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org >> Subject: Re: Redistributing 3rd party code licensed under Apache >>License 2.0 >> >> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:19 PM, Donal Lafferty >><donal.laffe...@citrix.com> >> wrote: >> > I have a specific question on incorporating existing code under Apache >> License 2.0 that I forgot to ask earlier in the month. >> > >> > My Hyper-V plugin calls down to modified versions of the OpenStack >>Nova >> driver for Hyper-V. >> > >> > In my repo, I've: >> > >> > 1. Retained the original copyright notice. >> > >> > 2. Added an additional copyright notice mentioning the creator >>of the >> derivate work, which in this case is Citrix. >> > >> > 3. Verified that OpenStack Nova's LICENSE is Apache License V2.0 >> > >> > Are these steps sufficient to add the code to Apache CloudStack? >> > >> > E.g. does Apache Version 2.0 require that the original project be >>mentioned >> in our NOTICE file? >> >> sigh (and despite my sigh - thanks for bringing the issue up on the >>list, it >> would have been bad to find this out on review) This is effectively >>third party >> code, if you are actually including it (as opposed to it being a >>dependency) it >> needs to go through IP Clearance as well as be noted in our legal docs. >> >> --David
