Le 11 janvier 2012 07:42, Sébastien Brisard
<sebastien.bris...@m4x.org> a écrit :
> Hi,
> Dennis recently contributed a patch for triangular distributions (see
> MATH-731). One of the methods implemented is based on a third party
> Python code, the license of which is reproduced below. My question is:
> can I commit this patch? Should we try and get in touch with the
> original author (1998!), to have him sign an ICLA?
> Thanks for your advice.
> Sébastien
>
> + * <p>Implementation of the {@link #sample} method partly based on triangular
> + * distribution implementation of the rv Python module (Release 1.1
> 27-Nov-98),
> + * by Ivan Frohne, which is distributed under the following license:
> + * <pre>
> + * Copyright 1998 by Ivan Frohne; Wasilla, Alaska, U.S.A.
> + * All Rights Reserved
> + *
> + * Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and its
> + * documentation for any purpose, free of charge, is granted subject to the
> + * following conditions:
> + * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
> in
> + * all copies or substantial portions of the software.
> + *
> + * THE SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
> + * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MERCHANTABILITY,
> FITNESS
> + * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
> + * AUTHOR OR COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM OR DAMAGES IN A
> + * CONTRACT ACTION, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
> CONNECTION
> + * WITH THE SOFTWARE OR ITS DOCUMENTATION.
> + * </pre>
> + * </p>
This is the answer I got on legal-disc...@apache.org
{quote}
t might also be an option for the commons PMC to personally reach out
to him, notify him and send him a personal 'thank you'. Maybe he is
even interested to help out in other areas as committer in the future
;)
{quote}
Any PMC willing to contact this guy (Ivan Frohne) personally?
Otherwise, I can take care of that.
Sébastien
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