On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Samuel Mehrbrodt <s.mehrbr...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Hi Rob, >> >> thanks for the explanation. I read the Document and also the README [1] in >> the Symphony folder. This means, everything in the Symphony folder is >> granted under the license described in that document, even if they have a >> Copyright of IBM in the header like this file [2]. Excluded is third-party >> or Apache OpenOffice Code which has its own license. >> >> Did I understand that right? >> > > The README is not the license. The license is the signed CCLA form > that IBM submitted to Apache. The README is a summary of what is in > the CCLA. > > In general, the contents of the /symphony tree have not been reviewed > by the AOO project. They are intended for use by members of the AOO > project who are familiar with their status. Before files from > /symphony are included in a release of AOO, the project will carefully > review the contents of the release to ensure that the license status > is clear. >
One last comment -- this may sound like I'm being evasive. I'm not. The license means exactly what the license says. I cannot add or subtract a word of it, and my non-lawyer interpretation of it is worthless. Your best bet is to start a conversation on one of the LibreOffice lists about whether that license is acceptable to LibreOffice. That is exactly what we would do here at Apache if we wanted to bring in 3rd party code that was under an unfamiliar license. We'd discuss and, if needed consult, our own legal advisers. Regards, -Rob > -Rob > >> [1] https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/symphony/trunk/README >> [2] >> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/symphony/trunk/main/sd/source/ui/accessibility/AccessibleEditSource.cxx >> >> Am 05.02.2013 15:22, schrieb Rob Weir: >> >>> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Samuel Mehrbrodt <s.mehrbr...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'd like to reuse the nice Clip Art from Symphony [1] in LibreOffice. Can >>>> someone tell me which License they have? Is it under the Apache License >>>> or >>>> copyrighted by IBM? >>>> >>> These are not mutually-exclusive. IBM can have a copyright on >>> something, and also make it available under a license. In fact, that >>> is how it ordinarily works. The author of a creative work >>> automatically has a copyright in that work. And then they can provide >>> a license, i.e., permission to use the work under specified terms. In >>> this case the license is the license described here: >>> http://www.apache.org/licenses/cla-corporate.txt >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> -Rob >>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Samuel >>>> >>>> P.S. Thanks to IBM for open-sourcing Symphony. It has really nice >>>> improvements. >>>> >>>> [1] >>>> >>>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/symphony/trunk/main/extras/source/gallery/ >> >>
