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From: Roman Shaposhnik <roman@shaposhnik.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 17:23:29 -0700
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Subject: Re: Podling CLA/Grant advice
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On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 3:23 PM, Craig Russell <apache.clr@gmail.com> wrote:
> Not to contradict our VP, Legal, just to clarify.
>
>> On Oct 2, 2017, at 1:17 PM, Chris Mattmann <mattmann@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>> Clearly, an SGA is intended for the copyright holder. If that=E2=80=99s =
an individual who as an
>> individual represents those copyright holders, OK, but it=E2=80=99s gott=
a be pretty clear.
>
> That is a pretty high bar, and I've not seen it in practice. In order for=
 an individual to own
> the rights and grant those rights via an SGA, there would need to be some=
 grant document
> from the contributor to the individual(s) signing the SGA.

+1 to what Craig is saying -- I've also seen a much laxer attitude in
the past. The very questions
I'm asking is whether we should consider tighten our practices or
still allow SGAs that are lax.

I'm actually working on a proposal right now for a project that
existed on GitHub for sometime.
I've assumed that an SGA *on behalf* of the community (but NOT from
somebody who is legally
speaking a copyright holder) will be a way to go.

Thanks,
Roman.

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