On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 11:15, Ankur C. Goel <[email protected]> wrote: > Is the CLA available for public viewing ?
CLAs contain personal data, so generally: No, don't think so. Bernd > > -...@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) >> >> > > >
