On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Gavin<ga...@16degrees.com.au> wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Noel J. Bergman [mailto:n...@devtech.com] >> Sent: Monday, 15 June 2009 2:15 PM >> To: general@incubator.apache.org >> Subject: RE: Bypassing Incubator >> >> Tim Ellison wrote: >> > Niclas Hedhman wrote: >> > > 1. Any substantial codebase needs at least IP Clearance in Incubator, >> > > which is effectively just a record of where/when/how it came from, and >> > > an opportunity for Incubator PMC members to have a look and make sure >> > > that there is no flagrant IP issues. >> >> > I never understood this part. Why is the Incubator PMC any more >> > qualified to decide if incoming code contains a "fragrant IP issue" >> > than the destination TLP PMC? After all, the TLP PMC are doing that >> > check continuously for the day to day contributions received. >> >> And they, the PMC responsible for clearing the IP, must record that >> clearance in the Incubator, which was designated by the Board as the >> repository for all of those IP clearance documents. That fact that there >> are additional eyes is a bonus. >> >> --- Noel >> > > Ok, so thanks everyone for your replies/clarifications. > > The cause of my question and confusion was I saw a request on Infra Jira for > a mailing list and other infrastructure to be created for a Lucene > Sub-Project OpenRelevance[1]. > > So, now I get that is quite alright to do that. The only question remains is > that of IP clearance. I haven't had time to take a closer look as of yet. > > Is that part of Incubators role, to police around the whole of the ASF > projects looking for IP violations and stuff that stinks of 'hey that should > come through Incubator' , or is not the job of Incubator because it has > never touched Incubator so is someone elses job to look into if everything > is kosha or otherwise ?
apache delegates power to projects to police themselves but relies also on the collective eyes to ask the right questions the incubator just acts as a clearing house for new communities and external IP, helping them to become part of apache. the legal group is the place to ask questions about potential IP issues. - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
