Re: legal questsion

2008-07-07 Thread Roy T. Fielding
On Jul 7, 2008, at 7:50 AM, Werner Punz wrote: Hello everyone, since the discussion on the myfaces devs list has pointed me towards here a legal question. I developed in my working time which I can dedicate to opensource software a significant library, licensed under ASF 2.0 license. It is a

Re: legal questsion

2008-07-07 Thread Werner Punz
Ok thanks for the clarification, btw. sorry for the typo in the topic. Werner Craig L Russell schrieb: On Jul 7, 2008, at 9:02 AM, Matthias Wessendorf wrote: On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Craig L Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I agree that a software grant should be fine, but the oth

Re: legal questsion

2008-07-07 Thread Craig L Russell
On Jul 7, 2008, at 9:02 AM, Matthias Wessendorf wrote: On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Craig L Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I agree that a software grant should be fine, but the other question is whether the myfaces PMC wants to accept the contribution. yes, they will. Already kind

Re: legal questsion

2008-07-07 Thread Matthias Wessendorf
On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Craig L Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree that a software grant should be fine, but the other question is > whether the myfaces PMC wants to accept the contribution. yes, they will. Already kind of an agreement about that on [EMAIL PROTECTED] -M > > The

Re: legal questsion

2008-07-07 Thread Craig L Russell
I agree that a software grant should be fine, but the other question is whether the myfaces PMC wants to accept the contribution. The process at http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html seems to fit the need here. There is a minimum of "e-paperwork" to do: just requires the myfac

Re: legal questsion

2008-07-07 Thread Matthias Wessendorf
Hi, I wouldn't call it "legal issue". It's more a question what to do with the contribution, since it was developed "offline". I personally think that a software grant for this offer should be fine. Main reason is, that the original author is already part of the myfaces community. -Matthias On