And I believe the “external” or “third-party” code should not be listed in the SGA’s Exhibit A since those files are not being submitted to the ASF.
There is some documentation on how to handle third-party code. I think one doc is [1] which has links to other places. HTH, -Alex [1] http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html On 11/9/15, 6:58 PM, "Rob Vesse" <rve...@dotnetrdf.org> wrote: >You are quite right > >Apache projects can incorporate code under suitable licenses provided that >they properly attribute it in their NOTICE and LICENSE files. Exact >requirements will depend on the license under which the external source >code is incorporated. > >For a simple case like this it would most likely just require placing some >text like the following into the LICENSE file: > >--- >The following code/components are under a Foo License > >[Foo License text] >--- > >Essentially all copyright owners of the code original to the incoming >project need to provide CLAs and/or SGAs as appropriate and any external >code incorporated into the code base needs to be under Apache compatible >licenses and appropriately attributed > >Rob > >On 09/11/2015 18:11, "Todd Lipcon" <t...@cloudera.com on behalf of >t...@apache.org> wrote: > >>Hi all, >> >>Another hopefully simple question: >> >>The Mentor guide contains the following text: >> >>> >>> Existing codebases need to be imported through the standard IP >>>clearance >>> process. This means that a Software Grant Agreement (SGA >>> <http://www.apache.org/licenses/#grants>) or Contributor License >>> Agreement (CLA <http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas>) need to be >>> submitted for all copyright owners. This process may take a while so it >>>is >>> best to start as soon as the podling is accepted. >> >> >>How does this rule apply to sections of code that are released publicly >>under a suitable license (eg Apache/BSD/MIT) but were originally written >>from a different context? For example, I am working on an incubation >>proposal for a project that includes portions of code copied from the >>Chromium open source project, which is released under a BSD license but >>holds a copyright notice by "The Chromium Authors". It's unlikely that >>these authors would submit the appropriate paperwork to the ASF. >> >>Assuming that the imported project retains the notice of the original >>copyright, and the commits which import the code suitably track the >>provenance of the code, my understanding is this is acceptable under the >>licenses and foundation policy. However, the text in the mentor guide >>seems >>to indicate otherwise. >> >>Thanks >>Todd > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >
