Hi, I am not familiar with the legal aspects of bringing an external codebase to the incubator.
William Rowe wrote that jayasoft needs to fill in a software grant to the ASF. If this is right, the software grant must be received and accepted before setting up the infrastructure (svn, mailing lists, ...). Regards, Antoine -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Datum: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 05:48:26 -0500 Von: "William A. Rowe, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: general@incubator.apache.org Betreff: Re: [PROPOSAL] Ivy > Xavier Hanin wrote: > > > > I've just sent both an individual and a corporate CLA by fax. I was not > > sure the corporate CLA was necessary, but since Jayasoft is the current > > copyright holder of Ivy, I thought it might be required. > > Probably a good idea; the point to a Corporate CLA is actually an > agreement > between your employer and yourself that what you do with the Foundation is > with their blessing. The ICLA you signed claims you have that right > already, > but we all know how painful employment contracts and their covenants are > :) > > Best to be safe for your benefit. > > There is a DIFFERENT form, a Software Grant, which would be needed for a > wholesale import of a code base owned by another party. See > > http://www.apache.org/licenses/#grants (very bottom paragraph.) > > Bill > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
