Hi, On Tuesday, August 14, 2012, Benson Margulies wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Henri Yandell > <flame...@gmail.com<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > Just because it was released doesn't mean that it correctly did that. > > > > Need to confirm that all copyright owners of any pre-Apache code > > either signed ICLA/grants with us, or that the source was already > > licensed under a category A license. > > I volunteered to deal with all this as an expansion of a Shepherd > assignment. I confess that I'm feeling a bit whelmed. > FWIW, here's how I'd approach this: * Look at the original Kato proposal ( http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/KatoProposal) for insight on what pre-Apache IP was supposed to be transferred to us. * Check the early Kato svn history for commits containing that IP (see especially revision 754956, http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=754956). * Follow the pointers to the relevant records under /repos/private/documents to verify that the mentioned paperwork is in place. * If it indeed is, mark the IP as cleared on the Kato status page. * If it isn't, consider whether the ICLA on file for the committer who submitted the IP is sufficient to grant as the rights to keep the code. * Based on all the above, make an informed judgement call on whether we can keep the code in svn or not. I hope this helps! If still needed, I'd be happy to help out in a few weeks when I'm back from vacation. BR, Jukka Zitting
