Re: Would like to contribute

[Ovidiu Predescu <ov...@cup.hp.com>]

On Fri, 25 Aug 2000 20:13:14 +0200, Stefano Mazzocchi <st...@apache.org> 
wrote:

> Donald Ball wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote:
> > 
> > > Well, this is the plan:
> > >
> > > 1) we create this "contrib" directory and place those modules there.
> > > Active developers will act as proxies for placing those component little
> > > distro in there.
> > >
> > > 2) if/when the contributions take off, people use them and they start
> > > having feedback/requests/code/fixes and such to an amount the original
> > > author can't stand anymore, we'll think about what to do next. At that
> > > point, including in the main distribution is an option, provided that
> > > enough people request for it.
> > 
> > nope - i vote for making a xml-cocoon-contrib repository - we can be much
> > freer with commit access to it than the main repository.
> 
> "strong" -1: this will have too many "political" implications since each
> commit access requires a new shell account on locus and this is no good.
> 
> But in the future (hopefully soon) this will change and we will
> reconsider things.
> 
> For now #1 is the only viable solution, believe me.

I'd like to contribute an E-speak (http://www.e-speak.net/) processor to the
Apache project. Do you have any ideas on when this contrib area could be setup?

Also I would like to know what are the requirements with respect to the
source's copyright. Do I need to have them assigned to ASF or can I or HP keep
the copyright? I would prefer the later since going through the attorneys in HP
is a long, complicated process. Having tried this in the past with GCC I can
say is not a fun process ;-). Anyway please let me know what are your thoughts
on this.

Regards,
Ovidiu

-- 
Ovidiu Predescu <ov...@cup.hp.com>
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Re: Would like to contribute

[Stefano Mazzocchi <st...@apache.org>]

Ovidiu Predescu wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 25 Aug 2000 20:13:14 +0200, Stefano Mazzocchi <st...@apache.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > Donald Ball wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote:
> > >
> > > > Well, this is the plan:
> > > >
> > > > 1) we create this "contrib" directory and place those modules there.
> > > > Active developers will act as proxies for placing those component little
> > > > distro in there.
> > > >
> > > > 2) if/when the contributions take off, people use them and they start
> > > > having feedback/requests/code/fixes and such to an amount the original
> > > > author can't stand anymore, we'll think about what to do next. At that
> > > > point, including in the main distribution is an option, provided that
> > > > enough people request for it.
> > >
> > > nope - i vote for making a xml-cocoon-contrib repository - we can be much
> > > freer with commit access to it than the main repository.
> >
> > "strong" -1: this will have too many "political" implications since each
> > commit access requires a new shell account on locus and this is no good.
> >
> > But in the future (hopefully soon) this will change and we will
> > reconsider things.
> >
> > For now #1 is the only viable solution, believe me.
> 
> I'd like to contribute an E-speak (http://www.e-speak.net/) processor to the
> Apache project. Do you have any ideas on when this contrib area could be setup?

"Soon"... which ranges normally from a few days to a few weeks,
depending on brain load. :)

> Also I would like to know what are the requirements with respect to the
> source's copyright. Do I need to have them assigned to ASF or can I or HP keep
> the copyright? I would prefer the later since going through the attorneys in HP
> is a long, complicated process. Having tried this in the past with GCC I can
> say is not a fun process ;-). Anyway please let me know what are your thoughts
> on this.

Well, I'll ask the member lists... we are currently defining this right
now.

I'll let you know when I know something, but don't hold your breath for
it... we are very busy with lots of things at the moment and this might
not catch enough attention, but keep the faith :)

-- 
Stefano Mazzocchi      One must still have chaos in oneself to be
                          able to give birth to a dancing star.
<st...@apache.org>                             Friedrich Nietzsche
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Re: Would like to contribute

[do...@mad.scientist.com]

On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Ovidiu Predescu wrote:
> I'd like to contribute an E-speak (http://www.e-speak.net/) processor to the
> Apache project. Do you have any ideas on when this contrib area could be setup?
> 
> Also I would like to know what are the requirements with respect to the
> source's copyright. Do I need to have them assigned to ASF or can I or HP keep
> the copyright? I would prefer the later since going through the attorneys in HP
> is a long, complicated process. Having tried this in the past with GCC I can
> say is not a fun process ;-). Anyway please let me know what are your thoughts
> on this.

I was under the impresion e-speak was under GPL/LGPL ? If it
is then I doubt it will ever be hosted by Apache because of
licensing restrictions. If not - can you explain the
licensing model it is under ?