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Posted to dev@community.apache.org by Rohit Yadav <ro...@apache.org> on 2021/04/28 06:43:36 UTC
Importing external codebase which is not under APL
Dear ASF Legal, ASF com-dev, cc Apache CloudStack PMC,
The Apache CloudStack (ACS) project recently voted [1][2] to continue
further development of an archived 3rd party project:
https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-cloudstack
We discovered that the original codebase is licensed under Mozilla Public
License [3], following which we've asked the original authors to re-license
the codebase and all the files under Apache Public License v2 [4]. Before
the vote, they had agreed but now have suggested to fork the codebase and
re-license it ourselves. What are the steps of importing/forking 3rd party
codebase under a weak license and re-license them under APLv2[4]? Thanks.
[1] https://markmail.org/message/x7aagebdhh4zsgnn
[2] https://markmail.org/message/g4prb25g7wakbifa
[3]
https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-cloudstack/blob/master/LICENSE
[4] https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Regards,
Rohit Yadav
PMC member, Apache CloudStack project
Re: Importing external codebase which is not under APL
Posted by Rohit Yadav <ro...@apache.org>.
Thanks Justin, yes the person voting -1 had a concern that the ACS doesn't
end up having repositories that don't get any participation/development.
It's mitigated by the fact that there are contributors who have shown
interest and want to maintain, develop and release under ACS. They also
confirmed that -1 wasn't a binding vote.
Regards.
On Wed, 28 Apr, 2021, 12:40 pm Justin Mclean, <ju...@classsoftware.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for replying, are you with ASF legal?
>
>
> I help out there (and currently assistant VP), but I’m not a lawyer or
> anything like that.
>
> Hashicorp CTO and their management agreed over email, which I could
> forward over our public lists or ask them to send a confirmation on the
> voting thread. I think the codebase is owned by a company (Hashicorp), do
> we need the company to agree to the license change or all the contributors
> irrespective? This is the repository
> https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-cloudstack
>
>
> Normally code like this would come in via a software grant [1] and have an
> IP check.
>
> I also see there was one -1 vote, did the person go into any more detail
> to why they voted -1?
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
>
> 1. https://www.apache.org/licenses/contributor-agreements.html#grants
> 2. https://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/
>
>
>
Re: Importing external codebase which is not under APL
Posted by Rohit Yadav <ro...@apache.org>.
Thanks Justin, yes the person voting -1 had a concern that the ACS doesn't
end up having repositories that don't get any participation/development.
It's mitigated by the fact that there are contributors who have shown
interest and want to maintain, develop and release under ACS. They also
confirmed that -1 wasn't a binding vote.
Regards.
On Wed, 28 Apr, 2021, 12:40 pm Justin Mclean, <ju...@classsoftware.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for replying, are you with ASF legal?
>
>
> I help out there (and currently assistant VP), but I’m not a lawyer or
> anything like that.
>
> Hashicorp CTO and their management agreed over email, which I could
> forward over our public lists or ask them to send a confirmation on the
> voting thread. I think the codebase is owned by a company (Hashicorp), do
> we need the company to agree to the license change or all the contributors
> irrespective? This is the repository
> https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-cloudstack
>
>
> Normally code like this would come in via a software grant [1] and have an
> IP check.
>
> I also see there was one -1 vote, did the person go into any more detail
> to why they voted -1?
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
>
> 1. https://www.apache.org/licenses/contributor-agreements.html#grants
> 2. https://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/
>
>
>
Re: Importing external codebase which is not under APL
Posted by Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com>.
Hi,
> Thanks for replying, are you with ASF legal?
I help out there (and currently assistant VP), but I’m not a lawyer or anything like that.
> Hashicorp CTO and their management agreed over email, which I could forward over our public lists or ask them to send a confirmation on the voting thread. I think the codebase is owned by a company (Hashicorp), do we need the company to agree to the license change or all the contributors irrespective? This is the repository https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-cloudstack <https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-cloudstack>
Normally code like this would come in via a software grant [1] and have an IP check.
I also see there was one -1 vote, did the person go into any more detail to why they voted -1?
Thanks,
Justin
1. https://www.apache.org/licenses/contributor-agreements.html#grants
2. https://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/
Re: Importing external codebase which is not under APL
Posted by Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com>.
Hi,
> Thanks for replying, are you with ASF legal?
I help out there (and currently assistant VP), but I’m not a lawyer or anything like that.
> Hashicorp CTO and their management agreed over email, which I could forward over our public lists or ask them to send a confirmation on the voting thread. I think the codebase is owned by a company (Hashicorp), do we need the company to agree to the license change or all the contributors irrespective? This is the repository https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-cloudstack <https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-cloudstack>
Normally code like this would come in via a software grant [1] and have an IP check.
I also see there was one -1 vote, did the person go into any more detail to why they voted -1?
Thanks,
Justin
1. https://www.apache.org/licenses/contributor-agreements.html#grants
2. https://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/
Re: Importing external codebase which is not under APL
Posted by Rohit Yadav <ro...@apache.org>.
Hi Justin,
Thanks for replying, are you with ASF legal?
Hashicorp CTO and their management agreed over email, which I could forward
over our public lists or ask them to send a confirmation on the voting
thread. I think the codebase is owned by a company (Hashicorp), do we need
the company to agree to the license change or all the contributors
irrespective? This is the repository
https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-cloudstack
Regards.
On Wed, 28 Apr, 2021, 12:22 pm Justin Mclean, <ju...@classsoftware.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The MPL license is not compatible with the ALv2. Do you have a link to
> where they agreed to change the license? Did all of the previous
> contributors the code agree to the license change?
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
Re: Importing external codebase which is not under APL
Posted by Rohit Yadav <ro...@apache.org>.
Hi Justin,
Thanks for replying, are you with ASF legal?
Hashicorp CTO and their management agreed over email, which I could forward
over our public lists or ask them to send a confirmation on the voting
thread. I think the codebase is owned by a company (Hashicorp), do we need
the company to agree to the license change or all the contributors
irrespective? This is the repository
https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-cloudstack
Regards.
On Wed, 28 Apr, 2021, 12:22 pm Justin Mclean, <ju...@classsoftware.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The MPL license is not compatible with the ALv2. Do you have a link to
> where they agreed to change the license? Did all of the previous
> contributors the code agree to the license change?
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
Re: Importing external codebase which is not under APL
Posted by Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com>.
Hi,
The MPL license is not compatible with the ALv2. Do you have a link to where they agreed to change the license? Did all of the previous contributors the code agree to the license change?
Thanks,
Justin
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Re: Importing external codebase which is not under APL
Posted by Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com>.
Hi,
The MPL license is not compatible with the ALv2. Do you have a link to where they agreed to change the license? Did all of the previous contributors the code agree to the license change?
Thanks,
Justin
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