On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote: > Rob Weir wrote: >> >> 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. > > > Yes, and I agree that this complexity is already documented in the Apache > policy and needn't be explained here: here we are presenting contributions > from the developer's point of view; the project's point of view (i.e., how > to use contributions effectively) may be more complex and involve coding > standards and other best practices, but this is a further step. > > >> 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." > > > I think it's fine to still mention that the contributed code must be under > ALv2 or compatible licensing terms: this is a prerequisite. But I like the > more flexible phrasing about dependencies. > > The solver is a good example: OpenOffice already had the solver, but it was > relying on incompatible libraries; and the project didn't rewrite the > solver, it merely modified it to work with compatible libraries. A similar > scenario would be considered if we receive some outstanding contribution > having incompatible dependencies, so it's good to rectify this. >
OK. Feel free to update the language. I think we agree on the facts. It is just a matter of making it clear. -Rob > > Regards, > Andrea. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
