This is such a good news for the community. Is the CLA available for public viewing ?
-...@nkur On 4/23/10 10:57 AM, "Owen O'Malley" <[email protected]> wrote: All, We got the following email from Larry Rosen, Apache's legal counsel. -- Owen On Apr 22, 2010, at 7:49 PM, Lawrence Rosen wrote: > To: ASF Board > > Several weeks ago I sought clarification from Google about its > recent patent 7,650,331 ["System and method for efficient large- > scale data processing"] that may be infringed by implementation of > the Apache Hadoop and Apache MapReduce projects. I just received > word from Google's general counsel that "we have granted a license > for Hadoop, terms of which are specified in the CLA." > > I am very pleased to reassure the Apache community about Google's > continued generosity and commitment to ASF and open source. Will > someone here please inform the Apache Hadoop and Apache MapReduce > projects that they need not worry about this patent. > > Best regards, > > /Larry > > > Lawrence Rosen > Rosenlaw & Einschlag, a technology law firm (www.rosenlaw.com) > 3001 King Ranch Road, Ukiah, CA 95482 > Office: 707-485-1242 Cell: 707-478-8932 > Apache Software Foundation, member and counsel (www.apache.org) > Open Web Foundation, board member (www.openwebfoundation.org) > Stanford University, Instructor in Law > Author, Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual > Property Law (Prentice Hall 2004) > >
