Hi all, i will take care of the legal requirements regarding the logo.
Best, Robert 2018-09-19 19:11 GMT+02:00 Billie Rinaldi <bil...@apache.org>: > See also relevant portions of the license agreement documentation ( > http://apache.org/licenses/): > "For a corporation that has assigned employees to work on an Apache > project, a Corporate CLA (CCLA) is available for contributing intellectual > property via the corporation, that may have been assigned as part of an > employment agreement. > > Note that a Corporate CLA does not remove the need for every developer to > sign their own ICLA as an individual, which covers both contributions which > are owned and those that are not owned by the corporation signing the CCLA. > > The CCLA legally binds the corporation, so it must be signed by a person > with authority to enter into legal contracts on behalf of the corporation." > > So if the logos are owned by the company, only a CCLA is necessary. If they > are jointly owned, or if there are additional contributions owned by the > individual contributor, an ICLA is also required. Typically these > agreements are only required for committers, but in this case where the > contribution is not being directly submitted by the author, I think it > would be good to have the agreement on record. > > Billie > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 9:53 AM Josh Elser <els...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Talked to Billie about this -- trying to make sure I have the situation > > correct. IMO, the question that needs to be answered is: who can assert > > copyright ownership over the images. > > > > Typically, copyright assertions are one of two entities: the individual > > who created some "work" or a company which paid the individual to create > > the work on their behalf. > > > > From what I see, Robert David posted images from Susan Härtig, who both > > work for Semantic Web. Thus, were these images created as a part of > > Susan's professional responsibilities at Semantic Web Company? If so, a > > CCLA from Semantic Web Company should be filed with the ASF. If not, an > > affirmative statement from Susan (or a trusted member of Rya > > acknowledging on Susan's behalf) would just be required, creating an > > audit-trail of Susan's intent to grant ownership of these images to Rya. > > > > Maybe Robert/Susan can comment? Or Adina, you can chase this offline? > > > > On 9/18/18 9:46 PM, Adina Crainiceanu wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Does anyone know what (if anything) needs to be done to be able to > > > receive/use a logo designed by Susan/ Semantic Web Company? > > > > > > Maybe our mentors can weigh in? > > > > > > Thank you, > > > Adina > > > > > > -- *Robert David* CTO Semantic Web Company GmbH EU: +43-14021235 US: (415) 800-3776 https://www.poolparty.biz https://www.semantic-web.com *Download E-Book*: Introducing Semantic AI <https://www.poolparty.biz/machine-learning-meets-semantics/>
