Geir,
I could contact IBM legal if need be. I'm not in any legal department, I
just looking at this from my role as a member of the Xalan PMC.
Now that the CCLAs that you mention are signed, does it mean that ASF
doesn't have to ever have to worry again about individial CLAs signed by
IBM or Sun employees, either in the past or in the future?
Perhaps in the future, new IBM or Sun employees could become Apache
committers without the need to sign individual CLAs. Is that correct?
Thanks,
- Brian
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Brian Minchau
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Re: Donation of JAXP 1.3 Sources to
Apache
On Apr 6, 2005, at 5:25 PM, Brian Minchau wrote:
> My understanding is that Sun is signing a CCLA for their contribution
> of
> JAXP 1.3.
yes. it's really a software grant, in effect.
>
> 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?
No.
> 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.
yes, there's a bit of a mess there (need to fix the site). Sun signed
the same CCLA that IBM signed for Derby, which is a CCLA and
simultaneous grant. So they are using it for the grant part.
>
> 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.
There are no people listed. I'll be happy to fax you a copy if that
helps. IBM legal has the document - it's the same that they used for
Derby and the recent JSR-105 contribution.
geir
>
>
> - Brian
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> Brian Minchau
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> Shane Curcuru
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> 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
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> xalan-dev@xml.apache.org,
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> Subject
> Re: Donation of JAXP 1.3
> Sources to
> Apache
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>
>
>
>
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>
>
> 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
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