Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 34338 invoked from network); 11 Aug 2009 04:17:56 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 11 Aug 2009 04:17:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 39546 invoked by uid 500); 11 Aug 2009 04:18:03 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 39464 invoked by uid 500); 11 Aug 2009 04:18:02 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 39451 invoked by uid 99); 11 Aug 2009 04:18:02 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:18:02 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=10.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [76.96.30.80] (HELO QMTA08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net) (76.96.30.80) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:17:51 +0000 Received: from OMTA06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.51]) by QMTA08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id Sp2Y1c00C16AWCUA8sHXdw; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:17:31 +0000 Received: from [192.168.10.100] ([98.198.233.112]) by OMTA06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id SsHV1c00M2SADaS8SsHWTf; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:17:30 +0000 Message-Id: <12C3FC18-2C3C-4FDD-93EA-4EC177739DAE@apache.org> From: Curt Arnold To: dev@couchdb.apache.org In-Reply-To: <6BCA9C6F-4ACC-49F0-9596-0882CABBE24D@dionne-associates.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Subject: Re: Apache Maven/Maven repo (Re: Dependencies in SVN) Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:17:28 -0500 References: <29420CCA-62BF-424E-A03D-6B376A0D91FF@apache.org> <20090807052210.GB11188@tumbolia.org> <00D13141-2CEE-42B2-87CE-81FBA695E36C@apache.org> <20090808041705.GG23303@tumbolia.org> <1B94AFDC-F3FA-4CB2-89D5-388CC14C15B4@apache.org> <4B534231-D537-4C76-BB13-5A02CDFA046F@apache.org> <470F75B7-D249-41EB-B004-6B295B6BC046@jasondavies.com> <6BCA9C6F-4ACC-49F0-9596-0882CABBE24D@dionne-associates.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Aug 10, 2009, at 10:02 AM, Robert Dionne wrote: >>> >>> IP clearance is only required for code donations i.e. code that is >>> being >>> imported into Apache for further development. It's not required for >>> unmodified third-party dependencies. Please see this e-mail [1] >>> for more >>> details. I think the link that you intended to quote was: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-legal-discuss/200908.mbox/%3c9C979A19-8DC5-4E12-8BBF-342598791595@jasondavies.com%3e I reviewed my mail archives and can see where my understanding came from but it is from traffic on a member confidential list and was one of several competing interpretations around in March 2008 that has subsequently been clarified by the board. Definitely legal-discuss is the appropriate forum for the definitive answer. I do not think that the question posed on legal-discuss really describes the situation since the dependencies are not unmodified copies of upstream release but are abridged and in the case of mochiweb functionally modified. However, even if abridgment and unintentional forking is acceptable, I don't think it is ideal.