I just sent the following text to [email protected]. I'm happy to feed the advice I receive back here, but thought I'd flag it in-case anyone here wants to follow:
"It's come to my attention that the openmeetings project has recently subscribed their dev list to the commit messages of a Google Code hosted project under the GPL. I asked why and was told " those updates are interesting for our integration API." There is some overlap in committers but the project communities do seem to be distinct other than this cross-posting of commits. I'm quite uncomfortable about this as it means that GPL code is passing through our lists (and being archived) without any clear indication of its legal status. What I'm not sure about is whether my discomfort is because of an irrational fear of someone inadvertently using GPL code without knowing it or whether that is, in fact, a rational fear. Advice please?" On 19 March 2013 22:45, Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote: > OK. > > I'm concerned that there is code under an incompatible license flying > around our lists. It's only today that I realised this and I note the > messages have been flying by for some time. It's very easy to miss these > things, especially when there is no indication in the commit messages of > the license. > > Ross > > > On 19 March 2013 22:03, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I"ve set up that project to cc our list as those updates are interesting >> for our integration API. >> >> Sebastian >> >> >> 2013/3/20 Ross Gardler <[email protected]> >> >> > Why are commit messages for red5phone (a GPL project on googlecode) >> being >> > sent to this list? >> > >> > Ross >> > >> > -- >> > Ross Gardler (@rgardler) >> > Programme Leader (Open Development) >> > OpenDirective http://opendirective.com >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Sebastian Wagner >> https://twitter.com/#!/dead_lock >> http://www.webbase-design.de >> http://www.wagner-sebastian.com >> [email protected] >> > > > > -- > Ross Gardler (@rgardler) > Programme Leader (Open Development) > OpenDirective http://opendirective.com > > -- Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
