Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-commons-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 20505 invoked from network); 5 Nov 2003 15:57:36 -0000 Received: from daedalus.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (208.185.179.12) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 5 Nov 2003 15:57:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 67922 invoked by uid 500); 5 Nov 2003 15:57:28 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-commons-dev-archive@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 67777 invoked by uid 500); 5 Nov 2003 15:57:27 -0000 Mailing-List: contact commons-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" Reply-To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list commons-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 67753 invoked from network); 5 Nov 2003 15:57:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO minotaur.apache.org) (209.237.227.194) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 5 Nov 2003 15:57:27 -0000 Received: (qmail 20463 invoked by uid 1304); 5 Nov 2003 15:57:31 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 5 Nov 2003 15:57:31 -0000 Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 07:57:31 -0800 (PST) From: Rodney Waldhoff To: Jakarta Commons Developers List Subject: Re: Company Acknowledgements [was :Re: [HiveMind] 1.0 Beta] In-Reply-To: <3FA86600.3000702@apache.org> Message-ID: <20031105075308.C6465@minotaur.apache.org> References: <013001c3a33e$57949140$6501a8c0@ALMIGHTYBEAST> <3FA86600.3000702@apache.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Rating: localhost 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Robert Leland wrote: > You've acknowledged that when you commit any code to Apache you give up > ownership of that code. That's not quite right. When you commit any code to Apache (under the Contributors License Agreement), you grant the ASF a non-exclusive right to that code. You retain your rights on your contributions, you're just sharing some rights with the ASF as well. > Also what is said on the Web site is governed by the same Apache > license. In order to endorse > any product or company on an Apache web site there needs to be written > permission > from the Apache Foundation. The fact that no other company is officially > endorsed > (Maven has some hidden acknowledgments in it's plug-in docs) says you > are asking for a > new precedent to be set. While you certainly could make suggestions in > the negotiating terms, > if that is what the Apache Foundation member, wants to do, is not your > responsibility. > It is your responsibility to bring this matter to the Apache Foundation > as a good steward. It's not clear to me exactly what Howard and or WebCT is asking for. > Also plain committers like us are not Apache Foundation members. - Rod --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: commons-dev-unsubscribe@jakarta.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: commons-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org