Hey Mike,
Thanks for your reply. I get the analogy. More comments below.
On Dec 29, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Mike Kienenberger wrote:
> [...snip...]
> You, as an ASF member and PMC chair are equivalent to the employee in
> this scenario. Even though you are an ASF member or PMC chair, you
> do not have the right to use the company assets without permission.
Yeah that's why I'm asking for permission. The only asset I want to use
is the org.apache namespace for my "Apache Extras" project. I think
Extras should allow me (and others in my situation) to do that.
> In this case, the real permission you are seeking is the right to
> release an Apache product that contains LGPL-licensed code.
Nope, because Apache Extras software are not "Apache products".
They are "Apache Extras" products. And Apache Extras allows
LGPL licensed code.
> The
> Apache Extras site isn't going to provide you a loophole to do this.
It's not a loophole. It's an advertised feature (bullet 2) of the site:
{quote}
We recommend starting a project here if one or more of the following is true:
• the project is experimental and the committers are not sure of the
future direction.
• the project has a license or depends on a license that is not
compatible with the Apache License 2.0
• the project is targeted at a small niche and might not benefit from
the wider exposure of being an Apache Software project.
{quote}
Cheers,
Chris
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