Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-couchdb-dev-archive@locus.apache.org Received: (qmail 70809 invoked from network); 24 Feb 2008 23:30:58 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 24 Feb 2008 23:30:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 57998 invoked by uid 500); 24 Feb 2008 23:30:53 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-couchdb-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 57978 invoked by uid 500); 24 Feb 2008 23:30:53 -0000 Mailing-List: contact couchdb-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: couchdb-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list couchdb-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 57969 invoked by uid 99); 24 Feb 2008 23:30:53 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:30:53 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=10.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [85.17.203.58] (HELO mail.sourcesense.com) (85.17.203.58) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:30:18 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.sourcesense.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 360B298362 for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:44:15 +0000 (UTC) X-DSPAM-Result: Innocent X-DSPAM-Processed: Sun Feb 24 23:44:13 2008 X-DSPAM-Confidence: 0.9997 X-DSPAM-Probability: 0.0000 X-DSPAM-Signature: 47c2014d116871254875992 X-DSPAM-Factors: 27, X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Score: -0.056 X-Spam-Level: Received: from mail.sourcesense.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.sourcesense.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id byb9zVEq1elI for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:44:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.42.42.6] (81-174-11-87.static.ngi.it [81.174.11.87]) by mail.sourcesense.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 979AB9835F for ; Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:44:12 +0000 (UTC) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753) In-Reply-To: <47C1F9BA.1010100@apache.org> References: <7E3B0345-4692-4DBF-80DB-25BA62149EA2@gmx.de> <47BCDB83.3050607@apache.org> <20080221061610.GH4754@bytesexual.org> <6DD766A3-E41A-4618-BD6D-9EAC64F50046@sauria.com> <03199FF9-CA46-4CA7-B267-BB9961E14825@gmx.de> <29F13012-9CF3-492B-A917-B3D0A61E8BC7@gmx.de> <47BDE6EB.5050306@apache.org> <20080222084149.GD30988@bytesexual.org> <870E2220-6609-4D85-A2DE-FC95AD35F238@apache.org> <47C1F9BA.1010100@apache.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <61B50772-79AA-4945-992C-4E03CB463BAE@apache.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Gianugo Rabellino Subject: Re: Initial code drop Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:30:21 +0100 To: couchdb-dev@incubator.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Old-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.056 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 tests=[AWL=0.044, DSPAM_HAM=-0.1] On Feb 25, 2008, at 12:11 AM, Daniel John Debrunner wrote: > Gianugo Rabellino wrote: > \ >> I'm a tad concerned about this statement. Notwithstanding which >> copyright assignment were performed in the past, I just wanted to >> double check that every copyright holder of CouchDB code agrees to >> donate their software to the ASF via a copyright assignment. While >> individuals will still retain their copyright, the one and only >> way to work with Apache is with the foundation having code >> copyright assigned. > > The ASF does not use copyright assignments. The ICLA is a copyright > licence from the copyright holder to the ASF, not an assignment. > > The ASF claims copyright on the collected work. Sorry, bad wording, thanks for pointing that out. Now, considering s/ assignment/license/g done, is everyone OK with that? My point is that licensing code under the AL isn't quite enough, the ASF needs to be able to deal with copyright as well. -- Gianugo Rabellino Sourcesense - making sense of Open Source: http://www.sourcesense.com Blogging at http://boldlyopen.com/