My understanding is that Sun is signing a CCLA for their contribution of JAXP 1.3.
I presume that like any code, the JAXP 1.3 code will have bugs, and will develop over time, and will need fixes by someone. In the short term that would most likely be Sun employees. As a Xalan PMC member it is my responsibility to verify the pedigree of contributions before accepting changes into the code base. Are individual people listed in the CCLA that Sun is signing? If so, then how can I find out who is listed, so that I can feel more confident about accepting further contributions. Looking at http://www.apache.org/licenses/cla-corporate.txt I don't think that individuals are listed. Also, in the past there seems to be some code that was contributed to Apache by Sun employees who were committers, but who have never signed a CLA. I think that at that time CCLAs did not exist. So I find the phrase in the CCLA most interesting: "Your "Contributions" means all of your past, present and future contributions ..." >From reading that CCLA form it looks like all past, present and future contributions of all Sun employees have their licensing rights given to the ASF, unless the contributions were donated with "Not a contribution" or some other conspicuous, but similar phrase. If this is true then I feel better about past contributions by people who were Sun employees at that time, and who have never signed a CLA. - Brian - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brian Minchau Apache Xalan PMC Member e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shane Curcuru <[EMAIL PROTECTED] hoo.com> To general@xml.apache.org 03/31/2005 12:18 cc PM xerces-j-dev@xml.apache.org, general@incubator.apache.org, Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart Please respond to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, general Jeff Suttor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, xalan-dev@xml.apache.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject Re: Donation of JAXP 1.3 Sources to Apache Excellent news! Thank to Sun folk and Geir for picking up the ball on this one. Note: once the papers are in the Hallowed Halls, I presume that Neeraj will get some consensus from xml-commons, xalan-dev, and xerces-j-dev as to how to actually check this in? I'm presuming you have someone with commit access to xml-commons, which is the pre-existing home for JAXP. (Although incubator should check the legal issues, I don't think the code needs to checkin thru there). But I know Xerces and Xalan may have specific dependencies on xml-commons code, so we probably need to branch to allow current versions to work as-is and let them plan new versions with 1.3 support. - Shane Neeraj Bajaj wrote: > xml-common, xerces & xalan communities, > > I have learnt that legal issues regarding donation has been resolved and > latest version of CCLA has been signed. > So would like to make the actual code grant of JAXP 1.3 APIs + > implementation ASAP. I will start the preparation > today and will be back with actual code grant with in 2 days. > > > Best Regards, > > - Neeraj --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
