On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Allen Pulsifer <pulsi...@openoffice.org> wrote: > > The net result of these issues are that project participants may have > differing opinions on whether they want to either (a) include code for a > possible patented technology or (b) include code to work around a > potentially patented technology. Some may also want to see these issue > addressed through compile or build options. There is also a question of how > these issues should get documented or discussed, since any documentation or > discussion "might be held against you in a court of law".
Good summary. > Is there a general mechanism, method or approach for dealing with these > issues within the Apache organization? The ASF is a volunteer organization, and mostly we push down issues such as these to the individual projects. As I see that your name is on the committer list, you will have an opportunity to set direction for this project should it be accepted. Resources that the project will have at its disposal is a Legal Affairs Committee, which I chair, and a number of attorneys that the ASF has on retainer. The only thing I will add is that I strongly discourage asking questions as to how we should handle purely hypothetical scenarios as my experience is that such discussions are rarely productive. > Thanks, > > Allen - Sam Ruby --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
