Just as a side note: the RAT wouldn't allow us making a release with current headers, so I am really in trouble how to fix that legal issue. I need to speak with someone from legal@ -Simo
http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/ http://twitter.com/simonetripodi http://www.99soft.org/ On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Pid <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/01/2012 20:10, Simone Tripodi wrote: >> Hi David, >> >> thanks for your feddbacks, that shows our lack of legal knowledge (ans >> legal language as well :P). >> >> Anyway, what I was pointing, is that code inside Amber contains >> copyrightsowned by an external entity, not the authors neither the >> ASF. >> >> So, I'll take your suggestion to submit that case to our legal office, >> in order to avoid any misunderstanding. > > Perhaps you could confirm whether it is normal to move the copyright to > the NOTICE file? (I had that impression, perhaps incorrectly). > > There is also the inconsistent use of the @author javadoc notation and > SVN variables - what is the lists opinion about how this should be handled? > > > p > > >> Have a nice day, all the best, >> -Simo >> >> http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ >> http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/ >> http://twitter.com/simonetripodi >> http://www.99soft.org/ >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 5:51 PM, David Jencks <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I don't think this is accurate. >>> On Jan 11, 2012, at 6:32 AM, Simone Tripodi wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all guys, >>>> >>>> this mail just to discuss that code donated and imported to the ASF >>>> repository is copyrighted (and trademarked!) only by the Apache >>>> Software Foundation, so no other copyright/license/trademark can be >>>> applied. >>> >>> This is definitely wrong. The original author(s) retain copyright to their >>> work. By contributing it to an apache project they _license_ it to apache. >>> Apache has a copyright over the aggregated work. >>>> >>>> You committers, indeed, in order to contribute to Apache Amber, signed >>>> a CLA that assign all rights under the Apache License so that nobody >>>> can make a claim afterwards anything for their contributions. >>> >>> The cla indicates that you are licensing your contributions to apache, but >>> you retain copyright over your work. >>> >>>> >>>> So please join me on replacing all contributed code with wrong headers >>>> with the ASF one, otherwise we cannot release Amber at all. >>> >>> My impression is that the original contributors need to be the ones to >>> remove other license/copyright/notice legal information. It would be best >>> to ask on legal-discuss before making any such changes. >>> >>> thanks >>> david jencks >>> >>>> >>>> Thank you very much in advance, all the best! >>>> -Simo >>>> >>>> http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ >>>> http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/ >>>> http://twitter.com/simonetripodi >>>> http://www.99soft.org/ >>> > > > -- > > [key:62590808] >
