I will followup with LinkedIn's legal team regarding getting an SGA. I don't think this will be a problem since the same team has already reviewed Dr. Elephant and approved it for contribution to the Apache incubator.
- Carl On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 11:20 AM, Kevin A. McGrail <kmcgr...@apache.org> wrote: > Sorry, I missed the copyright and checked only the LICENSE. Agree > completely with you and Craig an SGA is needed. > > -- > Kevin A. McGrail > Asst. Treasurer & VP Fundraising, Apache Software Foundation > Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project > https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171 > > On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 2:19 PM, John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 2:17 PM Kevin A. McGrail <kmcgr...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Fair enough but it would be procedural not legal. Who would sign said > > > SGA? LI or representatives of the GH project? > > > > > > > LinkedIn. And it is a legal need. Right now, the source files have > > Copyright LinkedIn on them. The SGA grants us the ability to remove that > > copyright header. The CCLA would allow the individual contributors to > > submit the code to us with the appropriate header. Hence why either > works > > in this case. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Kevin A. McGrail > > > Asst. Treasurer & VP Fundraising, Apache Software Foundation > > > Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project > > > https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171 <(703)%20798-0171> > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 1:55 PM, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > If Dr. Elephant *becomes* an Apache project, it needs a SGA. This is > > part > > > > of the incubation process, although as Bertrand notes, it's good to > > know > > > > ahead of time whether all of the current owners of the code are > willing > > > to > > > > grant an explicit license to Apache. > > > > > > > > Please see http://www.apache.org/licenses/#provenance for details. > > > > > > > > If Dr. Elephant is only *used* as a dependency by an Apache project, > no > > > > SGA is needed. > > > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > > > > On Mar 7, 2018, at 5:51 AM, Kevin A. McGrail <kmcgr...@apache.org> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I do not believe an SGA is needed as Dr. Elephant is licensed under > > > ASF. > > > > > https://github.com/linkedin/dr-elephant/blob/master/LICENSE > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > KAM > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Kevin A. McGrail > > > > > Asst. Treasurer & VP Fundraising, Apache Software Foundation > > > > > Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project > > > > > https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171 > > <(703)%20798-0171> > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 6:59 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz < > > > > > bdelacre...@codeconsult.ch> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> Hi, > > > > >> > > > > >> On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 12:08 AM, Carl Steinbach <c...@apache.org> > > > wrote: > > > > >>> = Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan = > > > > >>> ...The Dr. Elephant source code is already licensed under > > > > >>> Apache License Version 2.0. Going forward, we will continue to > have > > > > >>> all the contributions licensed directly to the Apache Software > > > > >>> Foundation through our signed Individual Contributor License > > > > >>> Agreements for all of the committers on the project.... > > > > >> > > > > >> Note that whoever owns the code (LinkedIn IIUC) will have to > submit > > a > > > > >> Software Grant to donate it to the ASF: > > > > >> > > > > >> https://www.apache.org/licenses/software-grant.txt > > > > >> > > > > >> I think it's prudent to verify that the owners of the code are > ready > > > > >> to sign and submit that document, and mention that in the above > > > > >> section, before entering incubation. > > > > >> > > > > >> -Bertrand > > > > >> > > > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------ > > --------- > > > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache. > org > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > Craig L Russell > > > > Secretary, Apache Software Foundation > > > > c...@apache.org http://db.apache.org/jdo > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
