Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-legal-discuss-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-legal-discuss-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B58816607 for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:03:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 16055 invoked by uid 500); 12 Jul 2011 21:03:25 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-legal-discuss-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 15580 invoked by uid 500); 12 Jul 2011 21:03:24 -0000 Mailing-List: contact legal-discuss-help@apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: Reply-To: legal-discuss@apache.org List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list legal-discuss@apache.org Received: (qmail 15566 invoked by uid 99); 12 Jul 2011 21:03:23 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:03:23 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2000.0 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received: from [140.211.11.116] (HELO hel.zones.apache.org) (140.211.11.116) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:03:21 +0000 Received: from hel.zones.apache.org (hel.zones.apache.org [140.211.11.116]) by hel.zones.apache.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D32AA4C144 for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:02:59 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:02:59 +0000 (UTC) From: "Doug Cutting (JIRA)" To: legal-discuss@apache.org Message-ID: <178701451.7537.1310504579846.JavaMail.tomcat@hel.zones.apache.org> Subject: [jira] [Created] (LEGAL-93) Contributions from the US Federal Goverment MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-JIRA-FingerPrint: 30527f35849b9dde25b450d4833f0394 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Contributions from the US Federal Goverment ------------------------------------------- Key: LEGAL-93 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-93 Project: Legal Discuss Issue Type: Question Reporter: Doug Cutting Some folks who work for the US federal government want to contribute a codebase to Apache, through the Incubator. The US government is not permitted to claim copyright over works it creates. The Incubator requires a CCLA or Software Grant for codebases brought to Apache. Both of these forms require that the author grant a copyright license to Apache, but I don't see how this is possible when the author is the US Government, which does not hold copyright. What's our process in this case? Similarly, how can an employee of the US Federal Government file an ICLA, since that also requires a grant of copyright license? -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: legal-discuss-unsubscribe@apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: legal-discuss-help@apache.org