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Posted to general@incubator.apache.org by Sam Ruby <ru...@apache.org> on 2003/11/20 11:47:35 UTC

Re: FeedParser - RSS/Atom parser/serializer contribution to Jakarta.

Danny Angus wrote:
> 
>>1. Find out if Apache has any interest in this code.
> 
>  I think I do :-)

Me too.

>>2. Find out what legal documents my company has to process for this to
>>be adopted.  We have to have our lawyers review this.
> 
> I believe that there is a software donation "grant" document for this, but
> I'm not the guy to ask abot it.

Yes.

>>3. Figure out what legal documents *I* have to sign ...
> 
> That'd just be a Contributors Licence Agreement (CLA)
> 
> Details of both are linked from here http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas
> 
>>Unfortunately I don't think I can make the source available until I have
>>our lawyers take a look at #2 so if I can't get an answer to #1 until
>>that point I understand.
> 
> My 2c is..
> 
> If you haven't read it, read this first
> http://jakarta.apache.org/site/newproject.html
> I guess you have because you're proposing commons which we might assume to
> have a lower bar.
> However I'd also advise you seriously to consider  incubator.apache.org,
> ws.apache.org or xml.apache.org, simply because I believe that they may be
> a more appropriate home.

Things involving a software grant need to involve the incubator.  This 
is not a destination in itself, merely the point of entry.

- Sam Ruby


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