I'm not saying they need to prove it, but if we have a code grant on hand (which states that they have the rights to license/donate the code I would assume), then we have a bit more of a paper trail. But, if you insist that it's not necessary, I trust you. You seem to have a better grasp on this stuff than me. :) I would just make sure we're covered here. This is one of the reasons we have the incubator.
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> >> No, not everyone has the right to license their code with the Apache >> License. > > Wrong. Anyone can license *their* code any way they wish. > > If they work for a company and their contract states that >> the company owns anything they create under their employ, then they do >> not own it. > > So is isn't *their* code. > >> Also, who is to say that they didn't steal the code from >> some codebase (perhaps from their employer; think SCO) that isn't >> Apache-Licensed? > > You can't prove a negative. They can't possibly prove they didn't steal the > code. More importantly the ASF isn't asking them to do this as we don't need > them to do this. The AL header in the code (or some other statement in any > form) is all the protection we need. > > If we are ever approached by soemone claiming license or copyright > infringement we would investigate that claim and take appropriate action. > > Mark > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
