On Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 06:19:31PM -0400, Marc Paré wrote: > Le 2011-06-04 17:29, Christian Lohmaier a écrit : >> I second that. the TDF would have been more than pleased if Oracle >> would have re-licensed the code under LGPL+MPL combination (+apache >> and whatever). Copyright ownership is not required at all. Neither for >> Apache, nor for TDF. >> >> ciao >> Christian >> > > Could not Apache Foundation do the same thing once it got the code?
The Apache Foundation releases software only under the Apache License 2.0. Other entities may take ASF-released code and bundle it in products licensed under less permissive terms, including proprietary products and copyleft products. What the ASF will not do is take the code that came their way via the software grant from Oracle and release it under terms that *prevent* companies like IBM from including it in proprietary products. Disclaimer: I participate in projects at the ASF, but I'm speaking as just some guy on the internet trying to help everybody out. Marvin Humphrey -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
