On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote: > Rob Weir wrote: >> >> We would probably want to confirm with the original author for any >> pre-Apache patches, to make sure that the patch is given under ALv2. >> The exception might be those who were Sun/Oracle/IBM employees at the >> time. > > > Could we try to have a clearer picture here, limited to patches that are > attached to Bugzilla issues? > > Patches by then-Sun/Oracle employees belong to Sun/Oracle, but they haven't > necessarily been explicitly granted to Apache. Or do we have permission to > use all patches by Sun and Oracle employees in Bugzilla? I remember this was > discussed but I can't find a conclusive answer. > > Patches by then-IBM employees, as far as I know, have not been granted to > Apache by IBM. >
For both of the above scenarios I was speaking from the perspective of an IBMer. That allows me to make an additional set of assumptions that might not be true of other developers. But it is best to discuss in the context of a specific patch. Regards, -Rob > And there's the group of people who signed a copyright agreement with Sun: > these are not Sun employees but I don't see reasons to consider their > patches different than those by Sun/Oracle employees: > http://www.openoffice.org/copyright/copyrightapproved.html > > If we manage to get some safe guidelines on what patches we can reuse this > would simplify integration a lot. > > Regards, > Andrea. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
