From general-return-19401-apmail-incubator-general-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Tue Aug 26 07:00:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 59478 invoked from network); 26 Aug 2008 07:00:10 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 26 Aug 2008 07:00:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 42877 invoked by uid 500); 26 Aug 2008 07:00:07 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 42781 invoked by uid 500); 26 Aug 2008 07:00:07 -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 42770 invoked by uid 99); 26 Aug 2008 07:00:07 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:07 -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 209.85.132.247 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.132.247] (HELO an-out-0708.google.com) (209.85.132.247) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:59:10 +0000 Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b38so288986ana.83 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:59:22 -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=DtpmgochYdMnh9845piBTMO8m26QhBphYD+jYstMlc8=; b=LMSTlQELfE4s/7wqFiSPjIORhnsIXz/ljvvdyiHrHeCoYbrY683+Q4F6JW3gy1CKUy x9RZ9JXn7Rz/o3cPUiDco6OltJ97OD2rzVgyZCyWXW4TFLXihauEVHP2OdMfVEPzPRZ+ x7EVLdtr5uSGEtxGA0Jvh2fj3AraPqJBBXYFA= 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=ut+p14yZVqQDsETiDXIFE2aTU/r5ZXiUA1qWColE3rdL9lUcmnlbkMTD+kan9aA4XT 5xLheXad7A3GDxLLSXwGzetefYVDt9VhTFeXUnscFyunRBMV45QNLbQZvEuv1a72HAyA VU79as7V9p3jRjDIMw8YQlgzjDNltAMxK+iJI= Received: by 10.100.136.15 with SMTP id j15mr4993823and.62.1219733962632; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:59:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.255.14 with HTTP; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:59:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:59:22 +0100 From: "Robert Burrell Donkin" To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: IP Clearance form re INCUBATOR-77 In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On 8/25/08, Grant Ingersoll wrote: > I'm trying to resolve INCUBATOR-77 and I feel stuck on the wording in > the clearance template: > "Check and make sure that for all items included with the > distribution that is not under the Apache license, > we have > the right to combine with Apache-licensed code and > redistribute." > and > "Check and make sure that all items depended upon by the > project is covered by one or more of the following > approved > licenses: Apache, BSD, Artistic, MIT/X, MIT/W3C, > MPL 1.1, or > something with essentially the same terms." The template's a guide rather than a normative document. The licenses need to be audited and checked against current Apache policy (rather than the examplars given). > Per the issue mentioned, there is an LGPL dependency right now that is > going to be resolved. Thus, I am not sure what to do. Can we fill > out this and proceed w/ the checking in the code, knowing that we > can't release it until this is resolved or can I truly not finish > filling out the IP clearance > (https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/public/trunk/site-author/ip-clearance/local-lucene-solr.xml > ) until it is resolved? Part of me thinks, that if we commit, but not > release, that we will get some user volunteers to take up the issue of > replacing the problematic code. My understanding of the ASF (and > based on Doug C.'s comment) is that we could commit as long as we > don't release, but the clearance template seems to put up a gate that > isn't neccessarily there IMHO the template is wrong and conflates concerns which are better separated. Separation into a guide and a simple form would be much better. Robert > > Please advise. > > Thanks, > Grant > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org