back from vacation I stumbled over this interesting thread and for whatever reason my mail filter skipped Florian's answer.
But after asking if I missed a reply I was pointed on https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/License_Policy which is an interesting page to read. Is it possible that this page is somewhat outdated and doesn't reflect the current state of the project. I don't read anything about the Apache License and that the project is now based on the Apache OpenOffice code base. Otherwise it wouldn't have been possible to change the license header in the way it was done for LO 4.0. Maybe worth to add a section to explain this and to avoid confusion. It really confuses me and I am now lost a little bit. How can I as individual contributor know where the code comes from originally. Juergen On 3/5/13 6:32 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > On Mar 5, 2013, at 10:34 AM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: > >> So far, I've rec'd an answer from AOO... I'd appreciate >> an answer from TDF as well. >> >> On Mar 4, 2013, at 11:39 AM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: >> >>> BTW, Please be sure that I'm on the CC list, so I get >>> any and all responses :) >>> >>> >>> On Mar 4, 2013, at 8:08 AM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello there. >>>> >>>> This Email is being directed to the 2 controlling bodies of >>>> the Apache OpenOffice Project and LibreOffice (TDF). You will >>>> notice that I am sending this from my non-ASF account. >>>> >>>> Recently, at various conferences, I have been approached by >>>> numerous people, both 100% volunteer as well as more "corporate" >>>> affiliated, wondering if it was OK for them to submit code, >>>> patches and fixes to both AOO and LO at the same time. In >>>> general, these people have code that directly patches LO >>>> but they also want to dual-license the code such that it >>>> can also be consumed by AOO even if it requires work and >>>> modification for it to be committed to, and folded into, >>>> the AOO repo. My response has always been that as the >>>> orig author of their code/patches/whatever, they can >>>> license their contributions as they see fit. However, >>>> I have been told that they have rec'd word that such >>>> dual-licensed code would not be accepted by, or acceptable >>>> to, either the AOO project and/or LO and/or TDF and/or >>>> the ASF. >>>> >>>> Therefore, I am asking for official confirmation from >>>> both projects and both entities that both projectsSo >>>> are fully OK with accepting code/patches/etc that >>>> are licensed in such a way as to be 100% consumable >>>> by both projects. For example, if I have a code patch >>>> which is dual-licensed both under LGPLv3 and ALv2, that >>>> such a patch would be acceptable to both LO and AOO. >>>> >>>> Thank you. >>>> >>> >> > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ 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
