Hi Chris, Thanks for starting the donation process.
Please, let me know If I could help you with something. Best, Carlos 2013/7/5 Chris Scott <[email protected]> > Hi Alex, > > Lots of fun rules... I can put together every contributor to Swiz and we > can have them grand their approval, but need to know how can we facilitate > this. If everyone needs to sign a form and send it somewhere, we can do > this, but should try to make it relatively easy so it is actually doable. > > As far as Swiz being a registered trademark, certainly not by us. There is > a band called Swiz, which is why our name is the Swiz Framework, not simply > Swiz. > > Once the code is moved, I can approve Apache to do whatever they need for > copyright and moving information to the NOTICE.txt file. > > I will reach out the the group of Swiz contributors now and let them know > that a process is unfolding and we'll need everyone's agreement. > > Thank you, > Chris > > > On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 11:41 AM, Alex Harui <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Chris, > > > > Thank you for your desire to contribute Swiz to the Apache Flex project. > > > > Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and have only done IP clearance on the > > Adobe code, and some more experienced folks may review the IP later and > > catch things I didn't, but here are my thoughts: > > > > I think someone on the Flex PMC has to fill out this document: > > > http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/ip-clearance-template.html#form-fi > > lling > > > > In order to do so, you will need to have answered a bunch of questions > and > > filled out a Software Grant. > > http://www.apache.org/licenses/software-grant.txt > > > > I hadn't look at the Swiz code until just now, but the first thing I saw > > was in > > > https://github.com/swiz/swiz-framework/blob/develop/src/org/swizframework/c > > ore/Bean.as > > > > The header says: "Copyright 2010 Swiz Framework Contributors" This > > brought up the following questions for me: > > > > 1) Is "Swiz Framework Contributors" a registered entity of some sort? > > 2) Do you have an documentation of who the members are? There are some > > "rules" in Apache about needing every contributor's permission to accept > > code. Apache tries not to "take" code, regardless of what the license > > says, from unwilling contributors. > > 3) In Apache, we will want to remove the copyright or have it moved to > the > > NOTICE file (as described in the longer version of the Apache license). > > An authorized member of "Swiz Framework Contributors" has to do that work > > or give permission for Apache Flex folks to do so. > > > > At Adobe, we took patches from several folks in the community, but they > > had to sign a contributors agreement before we accepted their patch, > which > > essentially gave ownership to Adobe. So we did have a list but didn't > > need to go ask permission from every one of them. > > > > Another question unrelated to the header is whether "Swiz" is trademarked > > or registered legally by you or anyone else. > > > > My last question for now is what, if any, third-party libraries are > > required to use Swiz. > > > > I know this IP clearance stuff may not be much fun, but Apache is a legal > > entity and needs to have the supporting paperwork. Thanks in advance for > > working with us. > > > > -Alex > > > > On 7/5/13 7:47 AM, "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > >Hello Apache Flex, > > > > > >I apologize for being behind on the necessary tasks to transition the > Swiz > > >Framework over to Apache Flex. I would like to express my desire here to > > >make the donation of my framework to Apache, and am glad that voting has > > >gone in favor of taking over the maintenance and development of Swiz. > The > > >steps I am performing now are through Apache for transferring the > license > > >of Swiz as well as IP clearance. > > > > > >The first step is completely straight forward, however the second one I > do > > >not entirely understand the steps described here: > > >http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html. I may ask for > > >assistance with this one, as I don't find this exactly clear because > Swiz > > >will not be a NEW incubator project, we are asking for it to become part > > >of > > >an existing project. Let's get the first part with licensing complete > and > > >work from there. > > > > > >Thank you, > > >Chris > > > > > -- Carlos Rovira Director de Tecnología M: +34 607 22 60 05 F: +34 912 94 80 80 http://www.codeoscopic.com http://www.directwriter.es http://www.avant2.es
