Considering the code was owned by Oracle, would Oracle and IBM have slugged out any IP issues between them before now?
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Joe Schaefer <joe_schae...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Simon Phipps <si...@webmink.com> >> To: general@incubator.apache.org >> Sent: Thu, June 9, 2011 12:46:41 PM >> Subject: Re: Remediation ... >> >> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote: >> >> > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Michael Meeks <michael.me...@novell.com> >> > wrote: >> > > >> > > IMHO this is vastly preferable to some smoke and lawyer (IANAL) >> > > filled room that issues edicts to remove features and veto patches >> > > without a clear public rational on a public list (cf. the above). >> > >> > All work at the ASF that involve changes to the code base will be done >> > in smoke-free and publicly archived mailing lists. >> > >> > If you have questions relating to prior work done by groups other than >> > the ASF, I encourage you to contact those groups directly. >> > >> >> Despite the tone, I do think Michael makes a serious point. Rob did indicate >> that IBM has IP concerns and it would be good to have more details before >> Apache takes on any responsibilities for the code. > > I don't see how this has any bearing on the vote. The ASF doesn't require > entities to disclose whether or not any particular contribution includes a > patent license. If anything is certain about this podling, given the mentors > there will be no tolerance for any unusual off-list collusion or non-public > decision-making regarding contributions of any kind. > > If Rob or any other IBM person has issues with what LO distributes, they can > take it up with the TDF. If at some point there needs to be a discussion > about > outstanding patent claims regarding the code grant to the ASF, that is best > done > in the confines of a podling, on the podling's public dev list. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
