On 9/1/05, Justin Erenkrantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --On September 1, 2005 10:50:20 AM -0700 Cliff Schmidt > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If the answer to one or more of the questions was not simply "yes", > > then there might be another step or two, such as requiring you or your > > employer to sign and submit a "software grant". Some folks might say > > you always have to sign and submit a software grant for all large > > contributions, but with my Legal Affairs hat on, I'm not aware of why > > that would be necessary if the answer to all questions above is "yes". > > For code developed on our public mailing lists, then I don't think a > software grant is warranted; but for works developed wholly outside of the > ASF, I think it is prudent to have the grant on file. -- justin
Sure - it certainly doesn't hurt, and I don't care enough to debate this point when there are so many other fun things to debate these days. ;-) I'll wait to discuss this when (if ever) I hear complaints that the software grant becomes an burden for committers who aren't sure when a large patch that includes some old functions they wrote years ago turns into something requiring a software grant. Cliff --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
