At 00:07 13.04.2002 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>On Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Ceki [iso-8859-1] G�lc� wrote:
>
> > The results of a recent vote show that the log4j community has strong 
> interest
> > in the donation. Is there  a document that I can present to the donator for
> > signature?
> > I assume this document is NOT the Contributor License Agreement because
> > that document  applies to individuals, not corporations. Correct? To 
> whom do I
> > (or the donator) send the signed document? Thanks in advance, Ceki
> >
> > At 23:58 11.04.2002 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > >There are several reasons why this needs a contributors license (assuming
> > >people want the code)
>...cut...
>
>I think the refence got cut out :-) you want:
>
>         cvs.apache.org:/home/cvs/foundation
>                 software-grant.txt/pdf

D'oh. BTW, there is no software-grant.pdf only .txt.

>Some hints on filling it out:
>
>->      Get the committers all synced up and in agreement (seems
>         to be the case) that this is a cool thing they want.

Done.

>->      Make sure your PMC is fine with it.
>         (if the committers are fine - usually not an issue! PMC
>         tend to worry about licenses and boring things.)

I don't see what the PMC has got to do with this, but OK.

>->      Get the document to the licensor early or in parallel
>         so they know what is coming. You may need some extensive
>         communication to explain things.

OK.

>->      Notice that most bulk sourced code contains some text like
>         "this code started its live as a contribution of Foo Bar.
>         etc..". just below the license. You may want to suggest/negotiate
>         such a text prior to the grant work.

As I understand it, the donator is not asking for such text. I'll mention
this possibility to the donator just to make sure.

>Once you are ready - put something like a short description of the
>software and something like an md5 or an ls -lR in exhibit A; get it
>signed and have the licensor send it to the secretary; Address, Fax, email
>and phone are all on the web site and in members. We will want a paper
>version at some point.

OK.

>If the licensor wants to be very careful about what is in the exhibit A -
>they of course you can make it more elaborate; add a floppy or CD with a
>signature, etc. The whole point is that it should be reasonably easy to
>establish later what we got and at what point. Use as many pages as you
>need :-).

A dated, signed MD5 hash should provide excellent security in this case.

I think we can handle it from here (famous last words). Thanks again, Ceki

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Ceki


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