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Subject: Re: Release Policy
From: Jim Jagielski <jim@jaguNET.com>
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Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 08:02:53 -0400
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What is the ASL? I know of the ALv2.

On May 23, 2014, at 7:53 AM, Richard Eckart de Castilho <rec@apache.org> =
wrote:

> On 23.05.2014, at 13:49, Jim Jagielski <jim@jaguNET.com> wrote:
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>> On May 22, 2014, at 5:04 PM, Mark Struberg <struberg@yahoo.de> wrote:
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>>>> I disagree. One of the primary reasons for the release policy being
>>>> defined as it is is to provide a degree of legal protection to the
>>>> release managers.
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>>> Oki this is a part which we can discuss on the legal list. But the =
point already got covered and answered dozens of times imo. The answer =
is that the ALv2 protects the foundation and also the release manager =
already for all bona fides cases. End of story.=20
>>>=20
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>> Licenses take effect when source is *released* (distributed or
>> redistributed). So it makes sense to define what a release *is*.
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> Does that imply that code that somebody copies from a version
> control system but that does not end up in a final release artifact
> is not covered by the ASL?=20
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> Is it illegal to obtain unreleased code that is clearly marked as
> being under the ASL and to use it elsewhere (assuming that the
> rules of the ASL are obeyed)?
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> Cheers,
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> -- Richard
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