On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Samuel Mehrbrodt <s.mehrbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Rob, > > thanks for the explanation. I read the Document and also the README [1] in > the Symphony folder. This means, everything in the Symphony folder is > granted under the license described in that document, even if they have a > Copyright of IBM in the header like this file [2]. Excluded is third-party > or Apache OpenOffice Code which has its own license. > > Did I understand that right? >
The README is not the license. The license is the signed CCLA form that IBM submitted to Apache. The README is a summary of what is in the CCLA. In general, the contents of the /symphony tree have not been reviewed by the AOO project. They are intended for use by members of the AOO project who are familiar with their status. Before files from /symphony are included in a release of AOO, the project will carefully review the contents of the release to ensure that the license status is clear. -Rob > [1] https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/symphony/trunk/README > [2] > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/symphony/trunk/main/sd/source/ui/accessibility/AccessibleEditSource.cxx > > Am 05.02.2013 15:22, schrieb Rob Weir: > >> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Samuel Mehrbrodt <s.mehrbr...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'd like to reuse the nice Clip Art from Symphony [1] in LibreOffice. Can >>> someone tell me which License they have? Is it under the Apache License >>> or >>> copyrighted by IBM? >>> >> These are not mutually-exclusive. IBM can have a copyright on >> something, and also make it available under a license. In fact, that >> is how it ordinarily works. The author of a creative work >> automatically has a copyright in that work. And then they can provide >> a license, i.e., permission to use the work under specified terms. In >> this case the license is the license described here: >> http://www.apache.org/licenses/cla-corporate.txt >> >> Regards, >> >> -Rob >> >>> Thanks >>> Samuel >>> >>> P.S. Thanks to IBM for open-sourcing Symphony. It has really nice >>> improvements. >>> >>> [1] >>> >>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/symphony/trunk/main/extras/source/gallery/ > >
