Re: legal questsion

[Craig L Russell]

I agree that a software grant should be fine, but the other question is whether the myfaces PMC wants to accept the contribution.

The process at http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html seems to fit the need here. There is a minimum of "e-paperwork" to do: just requires the myfaces PMC to request and the Incubator PMC to accept it.

Craig

On Jul 7, 2008, at 8:24 AM, Matthias Wessendorf wrote:

Hi,

I wouldn't call it "legal issue". It's more a question what to do with
the contribution,
since it was developed "offline".


Main reason is, that the original author is already part of the
myfaces community.

-Matthias

I personally think that a software grant for this offer should be fine. On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Werner Punz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hello everyone, since the discussion on the myfaces devs list has pointed me

towards here a legal question.

significant library, licensed under ASF 2.0 license.
It is an extension library to the myfaces tomahawk library.
Every single line of code of that lib is currently written by me.
I have committer rights to myfaces.


myfaces subproject.


licensing issues are in the clear!


Kind regards

Werner Punz


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I developed in my working time which I can dedicate to opensource software a The main issue is, that the library itself probably will end up as separate The main issue is, is any incubation needed, or can the code just be merged in. Or does a ip clearance/software grant has to be performed upfront. The code was developed outside of the myfaces repo, but the coderights, and

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