What needs to be done by us individually? I contributed a bit of build logic about 6 years ago. Whichever commits are attributed to me, I'd obviously donate. I had also signed the OCA before.
On 2020/04/13 05:13:17 Lou Dasaro wrote: > Everyone on my team was required to sign the OCA before committing code was > allowed. > I'm sure we could sign something else if need be. > Most of the code was written by Sun employees who are long gone. > I am not able to work on the project, except for consults like this. > > Regards, > > On 2020/04/10 13:31:45 Matthias Bläsing wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Am Donnerstag, den 09.04.2020, 11:39 +0200 schrieb Geertjan Wielenga: > > > The argument could be made that since the code was part of contrib under > > > the OCA (Oracle Contributor Agreement), it belongs to Oracle and Oracle > > > can > > > simply donate it. > > > > yes - and assuming, that correct procedure was followed all > > contributions to netbeans had to be covered by an OCA. (for all this > > IANAL applies) > > > > Oracle puts itself into a position of massive power when requiring the > > OCA (applies to all projects using CLAs). Oracle is the only entity, > > that can for example take the OpenJDK Code, slab their "Oracle JDK" > > label on and sell it with a license, that is incompatible with the > > GPLv2-CPE. This is only possible, because every contriutor has to sign > > the OCA and thus gives Oracle a full license. > > > > I quote from the OCA: > > > > You agree that each of us can do all things in relation to your > > contribution as if each of us were the sole owners, and if one of us > > makes a derivative work of your contribution, the one who makes the > > derivative work (or has it made) will be the sole owner of that > > derivative work. > > > > So yes Oracle has "owner equal" rights to the code (and demonstrates, > > that they excercise that right (see OpenJDK)). In any case, > > contributions also applied to the NetBeans core, so if Oracle now wants > > to pull the "OCA is a problem" card, the ball was already dropped. > > Noone forced Oracle to use an OCA, that was and is a deliberate choice. > > > > > > So I'll reverse the question: How should it work, that all individual > > contributors validate, that they own the code and how shall we > > (NetBeans PMC) validate that? In this case relying on OCA and proper > > procedure of contribution in the past are invaluable. > > > > > > Greetings > > > > Matthias > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
