It may also be pertinent to note that the codebases here in question are also ALv2 licensed.
Matt On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Matt Benson <mben...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi, all--per [1], "Generally, the mentors of a new project will need > to consult with general@incubator.apache.org or the Apache legal team > about the particular circumstances." So, here I am. > > The situation can be read in detail at [2], but in short is this: > DeltaSpike is intended to amalgamate "best of" add-on solutions from > the Java EE community with regard to the "Contexts and Dependency > Injection for the Java EE platform" (CDI) specification. Thus its > sources may incorporate code originating from numerous sources, but > due to a number of reasons including e.g. anticipated feature overlap, > it does not seem appropriate to include whole codebases under software > grants. The specific question at the moment regards code to which Red > Hat holds the copyright. The ASF has a filed CCLA from Red Hat, but I > have been taking the position that we still need some form of > assurance that code relating to CDI (primarily embodied in the Solder > and Seam) projects is *specifically* approved for contribution to > DeltaSpike. I'll present the basic question in multiple-choice form > (with options shown in order of difficulty): > > What do we need to show provenance? > a. Nothing. Stop being so damned paranoid. The CCLA is enough. > b. DeltaSpike's Red Hat-employed committers' assurance that their > employer is "on board." > c. A signed statement from Red Hat to the effect that their > employees are authorized to contribute CDI-related code. > d. A software grant for any codebase, even if we only intend to > cherry-pick from it. > e. Jim Whitehurst's eternal soul. > f. Something else, namely _____. > > Thanks, > Matt on behalf of DeltaSpike > > [1] http://incubator.apache.org/guides/mentor.html#initial-ip-clearance > [2] http://markmail.org/thread/g65yi42mdzvq5bu2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
