MLOSS might be a good forum. http://mloss.org/software/
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 9:32 PM, Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 7/11/12 3:22 PM, Becksfort, Jared wrote: > > Luc, > > > > Yes, that should work for my company's needs. Thank you for clearing > that up for me. I will plan to submit in the next few weeks. > > > > This should be my last legal question for awhile, but I also wanted to > ask about submitting a note to a statistical journal. The method I have > implemented is not new, of course, but it might be worth drawing some > attention to it, which would also draw attention to Apache Commons Math. > Is there any restriction against doing so? I need to house the software > for download somewhere if I mention it in a journal paper or note, so it > might as well be where I plan to submit it anyway. > > That is an interesting question. Mentioning the code and project is > obviously no problem and most welcome. What is "interesting" is > that unless what you point to is a release (which won't happen for a > while), whatever you point to is subject to change. I guess you > could refer to a specific revision number of a file to get around > this; or just make it clear in the reference that the code it refers > to is under active development. > > Thanks in advance for your contribution! > > Phil > > > > Thanks, > > Jared > > ________________________________________ > > From: Luc Maisonobe [luc.maison...@free.fr] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 12:11 PM > > To: Commons Developers List > > Subject: Re: [math] Multivariate Gaussian Mixture Model > > > > On 11/07/2012 18:34, Becksfort, Jared wrote: > >> Hello, > > Hi Jared, > > > >> I have created 3 JIRA tickets for the code I plan to submit: > >> Math-815, 816, and 817. > > Thanks, > > > >> My employer has given me permission to contribute the code. I am not > >> an expert in the Apache license. I read > >> http://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.txt. It seems that our company is > >> still allowed to retain copyright, and we give the ASF non-exclusive > >> copyright as well. Is this correct? > > Yes, there are no copyright transfer, the Apache Foundation only get a > > licence from you. > > > > Also note that for existing code, we rather need a Software Grant, not > > an ICLA. An ICLA is needed tp cover work to be done later on by one > > regular contributor. A software grant is for existing work already done > > outside from Apache and imported. > > > >> My company is also generally > >> requires that I place our name somewhere near the top of the > >> comments. Does this work for you? > > The top header must be the Apache header, and we forbid use of the > > @author statement (authors change as the file is modified through bug > > fixes). > > > > Authors are acknowledged in the NOTICE file that is distributed with > > both source and binary versions, and which must also be reproduced by > > anyone who redistribute our code. In fact, your company will get better > > visibility through this file than through comments on the source files. > > > > Does this fits your company requirements ? > > > > best regards, > > Luc > > > >> Thanks, Jared > >> > >> -----Original Message----- From: Becksfort, Jared > >> [mailto:jared.becksf...@stjude.org] Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 9:59 > >> AM To: Commons Developers List Subject: RE: [math] > >> > >> Mikkel, > >> > >> Thank you for the quick reply. I will create some unit tests and > >> review the submission procedures. Hopefully I will submit it in the > >> next week or two. > >> > >> Jared > >> > >> -----Original Message----- From: Mikkel Meyer Andersen > >> [mailto:m...@mikl.dk] Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 4:34 PM To: Commons > >> Developers List Subject: Re: [math] > >> > >> Dear Jared, > >> > >> Yes, that would be very nice to have such an addition! Remember to > >> also include unit tests (refer to the current ones for examples). The > >> best would be to split a submission up into multiple minor ones, each > >> covering a natural submission (e.g. multivariate Normal distribution > >> in one submission), and create an issue as described at > >> http://commons.apache.org/math/issue-tracking.html . > >> > >> If you run into any problems, please do not hesitate to ask on this > >> mailing list. > >> > >> Cheers, Mikkel. > >> > >> 2012/7/9 Becksfort, Jared <jared.becksf...@stjude.org>: > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> I have implemented some classes for multivariate Normal > >>> distributions, multivariate normal mixture models, and an > >>> expectation maximization fitting class for the mixture model. I > >>> would like to submit it to Apache Commons Math. I still have some > >>> touching up to do so that they fit the style guidelines and > >>> implement the correct interfaces. Before I do so, I thought I > >>> would at least ask if the developers of the project are interested > >>> in me submitting them. > >>> > >>> Thanks, Jared Becksfort Bioinformatics Applications Developer St. > >>> Jude Children's Research Hospital > >>> > >>> ________________________________ Email Disclaimer: > >>> www.stjude.org/emaildisclaimer > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >> > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >
