On Apr 16, 2008, at 2:36 PM, Hernan Cunico wrote:
Erik B. Craig wrote:
I agree that we definitely need to address IP issues around
documentation/the wiki... but isn't there any way to accomplish
this without adding barriers to users editing content?
Can we do something like wikipedia does for editing content where
there is a checkbox or a notice or something saying
"You agree to license your contributions under the Apache Software
License" (similar to how JIRA is currently)
We mention on the wiki front page, see second paragraph on
http://cwiki.apache.org/geronimo
"...Contributions to this wiki are managed the same way as code
contributions, that means all content on this site (see Geronimo
cwiki documentation architecture for a list of conforming spaces) is
Apache Software Foundation copyrighted and available under the
Apache License..."
In addition, every single page autoexported as HTML (the version we
should all consume) has the following footer "Copyright © 2003-2008,
The Apache Software Foundation"
But I also understand we want something more than just a disclaimer,
some additional step requiring a specific user action. An ICLA would
do the trick, file it once and is good for all your contributions.
The process for filing it and getting the appropriate access rights
is the tricky one.
So, is a check box technically feasible? This might be an acceptable
alternative. Probably still need to limit write access -- otherwise,
we're open to hacks... But might not require a vote -- just a request
to contribute.
--kevan
