I really have no opinion on the matter (IANAL). I'm just a virtual paper pusher, but I did want to have a clear understanding of the requirements so that when folks ask us on secretary@, we can guide them to the right place or give them the right advice.
On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Guillaume Laforge <glafo...@gmail.com> wrote: > So, in summary, can we all agree that I (Groovy projet lead / > representative) can fill in the form, and say "on behalf of the Groovy > community", I grant the rights to the ASF? > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Emmanuel Lécharny <elecha...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I think we are going a bit too far here. >> >> Groovy has been under the AL 2.0 license since it moves from BSD (back >> in 2003). AL 2.0 says : >> >> " Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, each Contributor >> hereby grants to You a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, >> royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare >> Derivative Works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and >> distribute the Work and such Derivative Works in Source or Object form." >> >> My understanding is that any groovy contributor, including the 5 initial >> commiters, can grant the existing code base to The ASF, per the AL 2.0 >> license. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> >> > > > -- > Guillaume Laforge > Groovy Project Manager > > Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/ > Social: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge> / Google+ > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/114130972232398734985/posts> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
