More tomorrow. 5.8.6 was gplv3. I worked with the ibm guys, but ibm legal found no way for them except If i would place 5.8.6 under asl 2.0, what i can't for obvious reasons.
Sent from phone, thus brief. Am 25.06.2013 23:15 schrieb "David Lang" <[email protected]>: > On Tue, 25 Jun 2013, RB wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:36 PM, David Lang <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> But even before the shift to ASL, wasn't rsyslog under GPLv2+ not GPLv3? >>> >>> >> ... and GPLv3 _is_ v2+. I've seen several corporate OSS sponsors over the >> years gravitate in that direction simply because it's a stronger >> "defensive" position against competitors' re-use of the code. >> > > It is true that GPLv3 is GPLv2+, but GPLv3 code cannot be incorporated > into a GPLv2+ project without changing that project's license to GPLv3+. > > David Lang > > It's not like IBM isn't contributing to other GPLv2 and ASL projects (The >> >>> Linux kernel and Apache Open Office are two examples) >>> >> >> >> The IBM legal department (especially IP) is pretty vast and there is >> rarely >> any central coordination (which could be said for most of IBM in general). >> The rough process is that contributors have to get individually blessed as >> OSS contributors, then projects they want to contribute to are >> individually >> approved for a given context including license. This is a long, >> drawn-out, >> multi-tier process and can easily take 3-6 months per leg. Once completed >> it basically amounts to an internal "contract" that cannot be easily >> changed and face time with the legal team is sparse. >> >> If it is #1, then it seems reasonable that IBM would be interesting in >> >>> fixing the problem rather than having to re-do the work for newer >>> versions >>> of rsyslog. >>> >> >> >> To be blunt, you have no idea what IBM would be interested in, and neither >> do they. The developers probably want to fix it but have likely already >> been tasked to another project and will have to wait until approval and >> their hours plan rolls back around. IBM time is glacial time. >> ______________________________**_________________ >> rsyslog mailing list >> http://lists.adiscon.net/**mailman/listinfo/rsyslog<http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog> >> http://www.rsyslog.com/**professional-services/<http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/> >> What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards >> NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad >> of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you >> DON'T LIKE THAT. >> >> ______________________________**_________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/**mailman/listinfo/rsyslog<http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog> > http://www.rsyslog.com/**professional-services/<http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/> > What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards > NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad > of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you > DON'T LIKE THAT. > _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
