On Apr 6, 2005, at 5:44 PM, Brian Minchau wrote:
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?
No. Any committer, covered by a CCLA or not, *must* sign a ICLA. That's what really matters to us. The original intent of the CCLA is to ensure that an individual committer can be assured that their employer is aware and approves, which really is protection for the committer.
Just having a CCLA doesn't absolve the individual from needing an ICLA.
That said, the new CCLA is a bit confusing, as it can also be used for a software grant, which is exactly what was done in this case.
In summary, the ICLA is required of any committer.
Perhaps in the future, new IBM or Sun employees could become Apache committers without the need to sign individual CLAs. Is that correct?
No. :)
geir
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Subject
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 futurecontributions 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
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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
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