On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 15:13, ralph.goers @dslextreme.com <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Doug Cutting <cutt...@apache.org> wrote: > >> On 01/03/2012 07:35 AM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: >> > [1] "I don't see it as our place to *judge* communities. If it is a fork, >> > or a corporate spin-out, or a move, or brand new... All Good. " >> > >> > [2] "At Apache, all contributions are voluntary. We do not accept code >> > from copyright owners who don't want us to have it, even if we have >> > the legal right to adopt it for other reasons. >> >> These aren't necessarily contradictory. At least part of what Roy's >> saying is that if someone doesn't intend to distribute their software >> under the Apache license then we should not take it. But I think if >> someone's clearly established their intent to publish a body of software >> under the Apache license and a new community forms around that software >> that's distinct from its original authors, then we can consider housing >> that community. > > > In the case Roy made the comment I quoted on, the code had been distributed > under the Apache License. The license was being changed to Eclipse. We > asked whether the Apache Licensed version could be brought into the ASF. > The answer was effectively, not without the owner's permission. I don't > have a problem with that answer. I also don't have a problem with your > answer above. I do have a problem giving a different answer based on who > the involved parties are.
I doubt that it depends on where/what the software is coming from. You're just getting different answers from different people :-P (for the record: I'd have no problem if an Apache community grabbed a copy of software before it changed its license; of course, also assuming the community was willing to take on the development, maintenance, etc of that software) Cheers, -g --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
