On 12/23/2015 04:13 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote:
> Kay Schenk wrote:
>> http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html ...
>> This document does not mention obtaining
>> permission from an author or entity
>
> It doesn't, since it only discusses the legal point of view. On the
> policy side, instead, the Foundation (not only OpenOffice) requests
> that code is voluntarily contributed.
I had thought since the "legal" page might be new, that once upon a
time explicit permission was needed but perhaps now it wasn't.
>
> So the OpenOffice page is correct: in principle, Apache will not use
> code that is not voluntarily contributed. In practice, I believe we
> don't have (and for sure we don't need!) a formal process to ensure
> this. It is an ethical guideline peculiar to the Apache Software
> Foundation.
>
> So the OpenOffice page should not be changed, but maybe it can be
> enriched with a link to an existing page that explains the above.
OK, I will look for something like this, or please reply to this
thread if you find something.
>
> Regards,
> Andrea.
>
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