I think the simplest definition of a "hostile fork" is this: Does the copyright owner object to the fork? Yes - it's hostile No - it’s not hostile
Ross > -----Original Message----- > From: Julian Hyde [mailto:jh...@apache.org] > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 3:11 PM > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Olympian Incubation Proposal > > Some clarification of what constitutes a “hostile fork” would indeed be > useful. > On a few occasions I have had discussions with communities on joining Apache, > and this often comes up. We have relied on precedent — and in particular, on- > the-record comments by board members on this list — and it has been > working OK. > > Bertrand, can you clarify what you mean by “author”. Do you mean copyright > holder or you mean the individuals? (In this case it is moot, as DataStax is > the > copyright holder and the individuals are now mostly DataStax employees, but > in other cases it is a material distinction.) > > Julian > > > > On Sep 29, 2016, at 11:05 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz > <bdelacre...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > Hi Chris, > > > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 7:23 PM, Chris Mattmann <mattm...@apache.org> > wrote: > >> ...I have a bit of a different understanding. We only accept code > >> contributions that want to be here.... > > > > This sounds similar to the discussions we had about Bloodhound back in > > early 2012 - Roy had some good comments about what we should or should > > not accept, at > > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs.apa > > > che.org%2Froy_forks_2012&data=01%7C01%7CRoss.Gardler%40microsoft.com > %7 > > > Cfb88d21e13994e66fc3608d3e89c5a18%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db > 47%7 > > > C1&sdata=Joz8YRomzG7DfCj9f%2FQ4ju0JqvgArpwM%2BS0hrTnsBdE%3D&rese > rved=0 > > > > It's not all black and white, but IMO we do need some form of > > agreement from the original authors about the ASF taking control of > > their code. Or maybe a demonstration that they really don't care about > > it anymore, which some of the info in this thread hints to. > > > > -Bertrand > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
