On 5 March 2013 19:20, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> > wrote: > > On 13/02/2013 Rob Weir wrote: > >> > >> For example, I've seen it written that to > >> contribute to AOO means that you must transfer ownership of the code > >> to teh ASF. Of course, this is not true. You retain the ownership > > > > > > I added a sentence about this to > > http://openoffice.apache.org/contributing-code.html > > since this is a common misconception indeed. The rest of the page is > really > > informative, it deserves publicity! > > > > Thanks. I'm hoping it does just that -- clear up any confusion. > > However, it is hard to be both concise and accurate. As we know the > ASF policy in this area is nuanced, and a contribution is more the > start of a process than a single instant event. > > For example, the page currently says, "The code must be under the > Apache License 2.0. Any dependencies must also be under that license > or a similar permissive license." > > This is a fair piece of advise, but we know that the truth is far more > complicated. There can be some non-permissive dependencies, in binary > form, with some licenses, for example. But if we had to explain it > completely the page would unnecessarily duplicate what already exists > elsewhere on apache.org. And unfortunately what already exists is > inscrutable to the typical reader of that page. > > But I did recently think about an alternative way of expressing the > requirement, which might show the flexibility inherent in the process. > Instead of talking directly about the license, we could say something > like this: > > "-- The code must be contributed by or with permission of the original > author(s) of the code. Dependencies on 3rd party libraries should be > discussed on the dev list, to see how these can be brought into > conformance with ASF policy." > +1 that is a very clear formulation. I should I assume read libraries/tools.
> > Regards, > > -Rob > > > Regards, > > Andrea. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
