From general-return-5798-apmail-incubator-general-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Fri Jul 29 01:20:47 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 32105 invoked from network); 29 Jul 2005 01:20:45 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 29 Jul 2005 01:20:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 82733 invoked by uid 500); 29 Jul 2005 01:20:43 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 82686 invoked by uid 500); 29 Jul 2005 01:20:42 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 82673 invoked by uid 99); 29 Jul 2005 01:20:42 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 18:20:42 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: local policy includes SPF record at spf.trusted-forwarder.org) Received: from [209.68.1.20] (HELO relay.pair.com) (209.68.1.20) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with SMTP; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 18:20:34 -0700 Received: (qmail 6014 invoked from network); 29 Jul 2005 01:20:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.103?) (unknown) by unknown with SMTP; 29 Jul 2005 01:20:39 -0000 X-pair-Authenticated: 220.247.251.149 Subject: Re: Harmony Podlling Quarterly Report From: Sanjiva Weerawarana To: general@incubator.apache.org In-Reply-To: <708b0b94e88048a985e9a88d8a755cdb@gbiv.com> References: <200507261206.07387.niclas@hedhman.org> <200507290325.17348.niclas@hedhman.org> <708b0b94e88048a985e9a88d8a755cdb@gbiv.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Lanka Software Foundation Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 07:19:17 +0600 Message-Id: <1122599957.9153.143.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.1.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 13:52 -0700, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > > ASF mailing lists are protected to some degree by the community's > acceptance that the work done on those lists will be distributed > under the Apache license. We have a legal argument (not a slam dunk) > that nobody could possibly participate on one of our lists without > knowing that the products we produce are under the Apache License, > and therefore a person posting code would not be able to claim > damages for infringing their copyright on redistribution. However, > that doesn't mean they lose their copyright -- they can still > prevent us from using the code in future releases. Could we not make it a slam dunk by putting some text in the confirmation email sent when you subscribe to the mailing list saying "you hereby agree that all email sent to this address are implicitly licensed as ASL2"? Sanjiva. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org