Yeah, you are not going to prison just for committing the code. And the discussion can continue in legal while things work...
Cheers, Bruno 2009/9/2 Werner Punz <[email protected]>: > That is one of the reasons why I am discussing this here from an Apache > codebase and license point of view I am pretty sure I am clear here (I also > will bring this to legal tomorrow), but I am still not sure if I can commit > the code due > to the stance some of the contributing companies have regarding code. > > My personal point of view for now is this: > > a) bring this discussion to legal > > b) commit the code - if legal gives its ok, if someone thinks it is > infringing (which i doubt) we still can rip it out > > > > Werner > > > Curtiss Howard schrieb: >> >> The only concern I have is that my company considers a person >> "contaminated" if they've been exposed to some other code base and >> therefore any code written by that person carries the risk of >> infrigement (i.e., if you saw a company's code for class X and write >> your own implementation of X without looking at their code ever again, >> you could remember things you saw and your implementation could >> subsequently copy parts of their code with literally being a copy). I >> would be careful. >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> Curtiss Howard >> > >
