On 5/9/07, Martin van den Bemt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Author tags imply ownership, commits don't.
Yes. The legal theory is that when we commit the code, we are accepting the donation on behalf of the ASF. Sometimes we are accepting a donation that we ourself might have created. Other times, we are accepting a donation that someone else might have created. But, in either case, we are merely accepting the donation on behalf of the ASF. The Foundation becomes an owner of the material, and the Foundation is the responsible party when the code is distributed to the general public. One concern is that the author tag implies that we did not just donate the material, but that we intend to be a co-owner of this copy of the material, and we become jointly responsible for the code when it is distributed to the general public. HTH, Ted. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
