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Posted to general@incubator.apache.org by Bertrand Delacretaz <bd...@apache.org> on 2017/09/04 10:30:32 UTC
How to handle exclusions in a software grant?
Hi,
I'm mentoring a podling where a large initial code donation just happened.
The corresponding software grant points to a large zip file indicating
that the donation consists of that file's contents, "excluding any
third-party and separately licensed material" that it contains.
My understanding is that this puts the burden on the ASF to review
each and every file found in there, and decide whether we can safely
include it in an ASF release or if it's third-party and separately
licensed.
Do people agree with that interpretation?
Have people seen similar cases before, and if yes how were they handled?
-Bertrand
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Re: How to handle exclusions in a software grant?
Posted by Chris Mattmann <ma...@apache.org>.
Thanks John, I would clarify this on the contributing organization side, and pass
that along to the mentors. Thanks.
On 9/4/17, 8:13 AM, "John D. Ament" <jo...@apache.org> wrote:
Agreed that the grant in question is missing a proper Exhibit A. But
perhaps their intention with Exhibit A was to list what was excluded,
rather than what was included?
Considering that the committers in question had CLAs on file, I would be
surprised if 3rd Party Code were brought in.
John
On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 11:06 AM Chris Mattmann <ma...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi Bertrand,
>
> I believe they were supposed to provide a list to go along with that zip
> file.
>
> Can you double check?
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
>
>
>
> On 9/4/17, 3:30 AM, "Bertrand Delacretaz" <bd...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm mentoring a podling where a large initial code donation just
> happened.
>
> The corresponding software grant points to a large zip file indicating
> that the donation consists of that file's contents, "excluding any
> third-party and separately licensed material" that it contains.
>
> My understanding is that this puts the burden on the ASF to review
> each and every file found in there, and decide whether we can safely
> include it in an ASF release or if it's third-party and separately
> licensed.
>
> Do people agree with that interpretation?
>
> Have people seen similar cases before, and if yes how were they
> handled?
>
> -Bertrand
>
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Re: How to handle exclusions in a software grant?
Posted by "John D. Ament" <jo...@apache.org>.
Agreed that the grant in question is missing a proper Exhibit A. But
perhaps their intention with Exhibit A was to list what was excluded,
rather than what was included?
Considering that the committers in question had CLAs on file, I would be
surprised if 3rd Party Code were brought in.
John
On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 11:06 AM Chris Mattmann <ma...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi Bertrand,
>
> I believe they were supposed to provide a list to go along with that zip
> file.
>
> Can you double check?
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
>
>
>
> On 9/4/17, 3:30 AM, "Bertrand Delacretaz" <bd...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm mentoring a podling where a large initial code donation just
> happened.
>
> The corresponding software grant points to a large zip file indicating
> that the donation consists of that file's contents, "excluding any
> third-party and separately licensed material" that it contains.
>
> My understanding is that this puts the burden on the ASF to review
> each and every file found in there, and decide whether we can safely
> include it in an ASF release or if it's third-party and separately
> licensed.
>
> Do people agree with that interpretation?
>
> Have people seen similar cases before, and if yes how were they
> handled?
>
> -Bertrand
>
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Re: How to handle exclusions in a software grant?
Posted by Chris Mattmann <ma...@apache.org>.
Hi Bertrand,
I believe they were supposed to provide a list to go along with that zip file.
Can you double check?
Cheers,
Chris
On 9/4/17, 3:30 AM, "Bertrand Delacretaz" <bd...@apache.org> wrote:
Hi,
I'm mentoring a podling where a large initial code donation just happened.
The corresponding software grant points to a large zip file indicating
that the donation consists of that file's contents, "excluding any
third-party and separately licensed material" that it contains.
My understanding is that this puts the burden on the ASF to review
each and every file found in there, and decide whether we can safely
include it in an ASF release or if it's third-party and separately
licensed.
Do people agree with that interpretation?
Have people seen similar cases before, and if yes how were they handled?
-Bertrand
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Re: How to handle exclusions in a software grant?
Posted by Bertrand Delacretaz <bd...@apache.org>.
On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 12:30 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz
<bd...@apache.org> wrote:
> ...Have people seen similar cases before...
That doesn't look to be the case and I've just started a VOTE here to
reject such grants in the future.
-Bertrand
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