Re: IP clearance and copyright transfer

2009-02-18 Thread Bill Stoddard
Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: I was looking at: http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/ip-clearance-template.html It seems to imply that we require copyright transfer as part of the IP clearance process. Since when do we require copyright transfer?? I thought we only require a license. Sanji

Re: IP clearance and copyright transfer

2009-02-18 Thread Kevan Miller
On Feb 18, 2009, at 1:10 PM, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: Hi Craig, These two sentences in that section are what threw me off: "Check and make sure that the papers that transfer rights to the ASF been received. It is only necessary to transfer rights for the package, the core code, and any

Re: IP clearance and copyright transfer

2009-02-18 Thread Sanjiva Weerawarana
Hi Craig, These two sentences in that section are what threw me off: "Check and make sure that the papers that transfer rights to the ASF been received. It is only necessary to transfer rights for the package, the core code, and any new code produced by the project." "Check and make sure tha

Re: IP clearance and copyright transfer

2009-02-18 Thread Craig L Russell
The only place I found (after a quick review) where you might infer copyright transfer is that there is a section named "Copyright". This could be changed to "License". Are there other places that imply that a copyright grant is required? Craig On Feb 18, 2009, at 8:35 AM, Sanjiva Weerawaran

IP clearance and copyright transfer

2009-02-18 Thread Sanjiva Weerawarana
I was looking at: http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/ip-clearance-template.html It seems to imply that we require copyright transfer as part of the IP clearance process. Since when do we require copyright transfer?? I thought we only require a license. Sanjiva. -- Sanjiva Weerawarana,