you legally have a point! We really should go through the commit history and check who implemented and also WHAT they implemented under which license.
We need to do this for EVERY github project in question and clarify the following points: * License: As far as I can tell ALL the projects are ALv2 licensed right? So no license change is required * WHO are the contributors? Do they probably have an iCLA on file already? Can we just ping them and ask them if they have a problem? * WHAT did they contribute? If it's merely a minor change, then it probably doesn't even create own originary IP (threshold of originality not passed). In which case we can simply ignore that commit for our needs as it is covered by the ALv2. If they contributed big parts then we should really get their OK first. I started with * nbm-shared All Milos and Eric Barboni ([email protected]) Eric is even a netbeans committer, so I guess it's fine ;) Now we need to do the same for the other modules. LieGrue, strub > Am 07.09.2018 um 17:25 schrieb Matthias Bläsing <[email protected]>: > > Hi, > > some might get a bit grumpy after I write this, but for me this is > currently a: > > -1 > > The reasoning: > > Oracle is in a pretty good situation regarding the donation of the > netbeans source base to the ASF. At least since I'm aware of netbeans, > Sun and Oracle both required major contributions to be covered by an > CLA, basicly giving Sun/Oracle the right to use the donated code as the > want. This is helpful in a donation, as changing licensing requires > agreement from all involved parties. And for the netbeans donation > there are exactly two parties: the ASF and Oracle. > > The donation of the referenced plugins is different: as far as I > understand, the MojoHaus project did not work with a CLA and thus all > authors need to agree to a donation. It does not look like Milos Kleint > owns all code. I had a quick look at the commit history and it should > be possible to get all authors to agree (the list mentions 1-5 > contributers) > > I saw nothing mentioned regarding this problem, so I consider it > unfixed. > > The vote is explicitly only cast for the question "Can/Should we accept > the donation.". It is not based on considerations like usefulness or > quality of the plugins! > > Greetings > > Matthias > > > PS: It is doubtful to require an explanation for a rejection, but not > for the other votes. > > Am Freitag, den 07.09.2018, 12:15 +0200 schrieb Eric Barboni: >> Hi all, >> >> Several maven related utilities (see below) for NetBeans are located >> in >> mojohaus. Milos Kleint one of the main contributor is willing to >> donate >> contribution to the Apache Netbeans project. >> >> Maven NetBeans plugins and libraries: >> https://github.com/mojohaus/nbm-maven-plugin (plugin to allow >> mavenized >> NetBeans build) >> https://github.com/mojohaus/nb-repository-plugin (tools to populate >> NetBeans >> Artifacts to a repository) >> https://github.com/mojohaus/nbm-shared (libraries) >> https://github.com/mojohaus/nbm-maven-harness >> >> Maven NetBeans Archetypes: >> https://github.com/mojohaus/nbm-archetype >> https://github.com/mojohaus/nbm-suite-root >> https://github.com/mojohaus/netbeans-platform-app-archetype >> >> This vote is to discover if the Apache NetBeans PPMC and community >> are in >> favor of accepting this donation >> This vote will be open for at least 72 hours: >> [ ] +1, accept donation of Mojohaus NetBeans Maven Utilities as >> subproject >> Apache NetBeans project >> [ ] 0, no opinion >> [ ] -1, reject donation because... >> >> Regards >> Eric Barboni >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> rg >> >> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists >> >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
