From general-return-18917-apmail-incubator-general-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Wed Jul 09 19:49:23 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 33978 invoked from network); 9 Jul 2008 19:49:21 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 9 Jul 2008 19:49:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 53410 invoked by uid 500); 9 Jul 2008 19:49:20 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 53231 invoked by uid 500); 9 Jul 2008 19:49:20 -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 53107 invoked by uid 99); 9 Jul 2008 19:49:20 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:49:19 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of robertburrelldonkin@gmail.com designates 74.125.44.152 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.125.44.152] (HELO yx-out-1718.google.com) (74.125.44.152) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:48:28 +0000 Received: by yx-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 36so963634yxh.0 for ; Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:48:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=JuRIwDuGxly9WIpqZAssuA9IUsmpJdn3QJoAcB/TPcY=; b=HsdrY6OcsRZYTV3z5SmnSZqTnAfD4pBoJLCrKlRPvTDE76AwSWIcvfqU1Fr049V83v YDR27b2+cC8RkHC3VcWRWF2B/92EMRmO1lZh8tyL5sbaPNC0ZWXlTt5RzYGDH1pqk4nh MRUOw6o2zmii6U+3g2VK0FTTKH026yR+b1mbY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=hoyvASOOh2PoiQkkioYnMFDDXmtT2TEsayDT7JpmkaPFfQoGoqi98d6fu+2oNc2S+e eXGTeXyH4pfE8Y/1qIbnuQAOQD7XLWiO8DMM1O9YVfqF8eDdC85jvYMH1EwIhTL6KfBr NiK+8IAqGsjdgieQVBAZZhzR807zsy0kRimYU= Received: by 10.114.108.15 with SMTP id g15mr471736wac.181.1215632912354; Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:48:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.107.10 with HTTP; Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:48:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 20:48:32 +0100 From: "Robert Burrell Donkin" To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Installers for couchdb In-Reply-To: <20080709192516.GC29396@bytesexual.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <003801c8e1e2$0c98fb30$0dfbfdc0@computer> <3EF9FB5A-D441-4E67-BE2A-B23984A7F856@SUN.com> <1215624084.29724.61.camel@marlow> <20080709192516.GC29396@bytesexual.org> X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 8:25 PM, Noah Slater wrote: > On Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 05:21:24PM +0000, Santiago Gala wrote: >> spidermonkey is the only component that has a more restrictive license, and >> the third party licensing policy document lists MPL in the B category. So I >> think we can choose MPL and distribute it in binary form, etc. > > My understanding from Debian legal is that multi-licenced work's can't be > redistributed with a single licence from the selection, you must redistribute > with all the original licences. AIUI the story is a little more complex than this, though it is a useful ethical and practical guide. AIUI the creative act of editing and selection entitles an editor to claim copyright for the collective work. (so called collective copyright.) PMCs (on behalf of apache) edit, collect and select a particular version of the works that are aggregated into a release. the copyright and license claim apache makes for releases is collective copyright for the aggregated collection. apache does not ask for copyright assignments. therefore each component work has it's own copyright and license. most component works are licensed to apache under CLAs, software grants and CCLAs. other works (aka third party ones) are included without explicit permission of their owners relying on public licenses issued by the copyright owner or owners. it is often possible to sublicense open source licenses. for example, if particular source changes cannot be fed back upstream and the original work is under a suitable license, the derived work may be relicensed under the apache license. - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org