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 -- Ceki -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
