Thanks Nicolas, I'm going to modify the patch of the IP template. Regards, Tommaso
2011/6/23 Nicolas Hernandez <[email protected]> > Hello Tommaso > > The holders of the distribution rights should be (the last item lists > the supervision institution of our laboratory): > > <li> > <em>Nicolas Hernandez</em> > </li> > <li> > <em>Fabien Poulard</em> > </li> > <li> > <em>Matthieu Vernier</em> > </li> > <li> > <em>Université de Nantes, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, CNRS</em> > </li> > > I saw that your patch integrates svn modifications, so I let you add > manually the modifications. > > Waiting for the next step... > > Regards > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Jukka Zitting <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Tommaso Teofili > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> so the copyright holder signing a SGA transfers distribution rights to > ASF. > >> Jukka and others, please correct me if I am wrong. > > > > You're right, though using "grants" instead of "transfers" would be > > slightly more accurate. > > > > The exact wording of clause 1 in the software grant [1] spells this > > out in more detail: > > > > 1. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, Licensor > > hereby grants to the Foundation: > > > > a) a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable > > copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, > > publicly display, publicly perform, distribute and sublicense, > > internally and externally, the Software and such derivative > > works, in source code and object code form; and, > > > > b) a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable > > patent license under Licensed Patents to make, use, sell, > > offer to sell, import and otherwise transfer the Software > > in source code and object code form. "Licensed Patents" mean > > patent claims owned by Licensor which are necessarily > > infringed by the use or sale of the Software alone. > > > > What this means in practice is that the ASF (in this case the Apache > > UIMA project) can "sublicense" the material under ALv2 and distribute > > it to the public. > > > > And regarding any downstream consumers who'd want to further use this > > material, clause 2 of the ALv2 grants them similar rights to > > sublicense and distribute it as part of their own products or other > > distributions: > > > > 2. Grant of Copyright License. Subject to the terms and conditions of > > this License, each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual, > > worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable > > copyright license to reproduce, prepare Derivative Works of, > > publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute the > > Work and such Derivative Works in Source or Object form. > > > > (Note the "Subject to the terms and conditions of this License" in > > both cases. I'm quoting just the essential bits of the licenses here, > > but you'll need to read them entirely for all the details.) > > > > So, to summarize, once the original copyright holder submits the > > software grant [1] and we take this through the IP clearance process > > [3], Apache UIMA will release the material for everyone to use under > > the ALv2 [2]. > > > > [1] http://www.apache.org/licenses/software-grant.txt > > [2] http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt > > [3] http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html > > > > BR, > > > > Jukka Zitting > > > > > > -- > [email protected] > # > http://enicolashernandez.blogspot.com > http://www.univ-nantes.fr/hernandez-n > # > Laboratoire Informatique de Nantes Atlantique CNRS UMR 6241 > tel. +33 (0)2 51 12 58 55 > # > Université de Nantes - Institut Universitaire de Technologie - > Département Informatique > tel. +33 (0)2 40 30 60 67 >
