IBM contributions

[David Klavon <dk...@gmail.com>]

There have been recent devlist posts around the following components
for Geronimo.  IBM is the current copyright holder for these functions
and we would like to contribute these to the Apache Geronimo project.

LDAP login module
JavaMail Portlet for the web console
Certificate Management (Keystore) for the web console

Dave

Re: IBM contributions

["Geir Magnusson Jr." <ge...@apache.org>]

On Aug 18, 2005, at 6:54 PM, Aaron Mulder wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote:
>
>> Just as a public note (a reminder for myself), we'll have to get
>> software grants for these.
>>
>
>     When is it enough to have someone post an attachment and check the
> ASL license box and when is a software grant necessary?  Does it just
> depend on whether the poster is themself the copyright holder?

I don't think there's an absolutely clear rule for this.

For example, any "large" contribution should have a software grant.  
It's a painless process all around, and good for us and our users  
because we then have good tracking for anything that "came from  
elsewhere".  The problem is the question of what defines "large".  In  
Harmony, we're going to require *every* pre-written code that is  
being repurposed to have an SG because of IP concerns.  (Once we get  
it squared away, I want to discuss it here too, because we have many  
similar issues that I fear...)

For the issue you noted, yes, we certainly want to be sure that when  
someone isn't the copyright holder and donating code, that an SG is  
done as we then have a clear statement about the contribution.

geir


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Geir Magnusson Jr                                  +1-203-665-6437
geirm@apache.org

Re: IBM contributions

[Aaron Mulder <am...@alumni.princeton.edu>]

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote:
> Just as a public note (a reminder for myself), we'll have to get  
> software grants for these.

	When is it enough to have someone post an attachment and check the
ASL license box and when is a software grant necessary?  Does it just 
depend on whether the poster is themself the copyright holder?

Thanks,
	Aaron

Re: IBM contributions

["Geir Magnusson Jr." <ge...@apache.org>]

On Aug 18, 2005, at 6:47 PM, Aaron Mulder wrote:

>     That's cool.  I'm not sure what the legal status is of the other
> LDAP realm contribution, but it'll be nice to be able to take the  
> best of
> both.
>
>     Have these finished the IBM procedures for release so it's all
> ready to go, or is this just an advance notice?  If it's finished,  
> could
> you post the LDAP login module code to GERONIMO-417 with an ibm-  
> prefix on
> the attachment name or something?  We can also create a JIRA issue  
> for the
> other two.

Just as a public note (a reminder for myself), we'll have to get  
software grants for these.

geir

>
> Thanks,
>     Aaron
>
> On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, David Klavon wrote:
>
>> There have been recent devlist posts around the following components
>> for Geronimo.  IBM is the current copyright holder for these  
>> functions
>> and we would like to contribute these to the Apache Geronimo project.
>>
>> LDAP login module
>> JavaMail Portlet for the web console
>> Certificate Management (Keystore) for the web console
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>
>

-- 
Geir Magnusson Jr                                  +1-203-665-6437
geirm@apache.org

Re: IBM contributions

[Aaron Mulder <am...@alumni.princeton.edu>]

	That's cool.  I'm not sure what the legal status is of the other 
LDAP realm contribution, but it'll be nice to be able to take the best of 
both.

	Have these finished the IBM procedures for release so it's all
ready to go, or is this just an advance notice?  If it's finished, could
you post the LDAP login module code to GERONIMO-417 with an ibm- prefix on
the attachment name or something?  We can also create a JIRA issue for the
other two.

Thanks,
	Aaron

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, David Klavon wrote:
> There have been recent devlist posts around the following components
> for Geronimo.  IBM is the current copyright holder for these functions
> and we would like to contribute these to the Apache Geronimo project.
> 
> LDAP login module
> JavaMail Portlet for the web console
> Certificate Management (Keystore) for the web console
> 
> Dave
>