I think what Robert is highlighting was that collectively, the contributors are still owners and have granted permission to use another license.
On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 4:59 PM David Nalley <da...@gnsa.us> wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 9:27 PM Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: > > > > HI, > > > > I agree with what John wrote, part of the code is EPL which is not > > compatible with the ALv2, you need the owner permission to change the > > license on that.. > > > > My understanding of "Let me try to get in contact with Walmart Labs to get > > an SGA for the Takari Maven Wrapper.” was that the next step would be an > > SGA. > > > > I agree with Justin. > > The lack of an SGA makes this ineligible for the normal lazy consensus route. > The fact that 1 of the chunks of code you're looking at is licensed > under the EPL is a further blocker. You can't relicense it without > explicit permission from the owner, preferably memorialized as a SGA. > > While I don't think that the IP Clearance process is perfectly rigid, > it is a process and this one is missing some significant parts of that > process. > > --David > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
