On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 2:48 AM, Benson Margulies <[email protected]> wrote: > I can't find anything in [1] that states any conditions in which a > CCLA won't do and an SGA is required instead.
CCLA has been seen as required for individuals, working at the company, to protect them from the company coming after them saying "Hey, what have you been doing?". Software Grants are for the Foundation, where the Copyright owner gives Apache a license to evolve the software further, a kind of "check mark in time" where there is a 'fork' (with or without the original discontinued) if you like. This is especially important if the incoming software is not already under the Apache license. Even for BSD style, the company could theoretically have patent claims on the codebase, and decide to chase after later. The SGA will explicitly prevent that. Something like that.... > The Jena podling has asked me. Their situation is that an HP copyright > is thought to cover all the 'corporate' code, and they wonder if there > is any reason for them to chase an SGA on top of the CCLA that they > will need anyhow. > > 1: http://incubator.apache.org/guides/mentor.html#initial-ip-clearance > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://www.qi4j.org - New Energy for Java I live here; http://tinyurl.com/2qq9er I work here; http://tinyurl.com/2ymelc I relax here; http://tinyurl.com/2cgsug --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
