Janne Jalkanen wrote: > >> I think finally Contributed Plugins should also be together with JSPWiki >> sources on Apache servers. I guess that means contributions have to be >> Apache licensed, anyway. > > Well, eventually they would have to be Apache-licensed if we wanted to > distribute them. > >> I understand contributors would have to sign Individual Contributor >> License >> Agreement. > > This is correct. However, in Apache lingo "Contributor" is the guy who > actually contributes code which eventually ends up in the Apache SVN. > >> In the mean time I'd suggest to put this text on the Contributor Wiki >> page: >> ----- >> As JSPWiki is under Apache license we ask you to put your contributed >> plugins under Apache license, too. So other JSPWiki users can legally use >> your plugins together with JSPWiki. >> >> You might also consider create a project for your plugin on >> code.google.com, >> java.net or another hoster for open source project and link to it from >> here. >> ----- > > That's incorrect. ASL only governs distribution, not use. So you can use > whatever code you want together with JSPWiki, no matter how it's licensed. > However, the Apache JSPWiki project can only put stuff in the SVN which > has been licensed under the ASL, and the contributor has signed a Software > Grant or a Contributor License Agreement. >
You're right. Still, I guess most people uploading plugins don't think about licensing, so I think if the Wiki page suggests / prods to use Apache license, people will do it. And this ends with more Apache licensed code which is a good thing. If you are a tiny software shop and build something on JSPWiki, you cannot distribute JSPWiki with GPLed plugins. Even if you are a daughter company of a BigCorp giving the software to BigCorp is distribution. > But it might be a nice idea to start a separate project on one of the > places you mention to gather the plugins into a single place and help > building code which is not directly maintained by JSPWiki committers. > > /Janne > .. and this java.net JSPWiki Plugins drop box project could have Apache license by default. So a good plugin could finally move into Apache svn. 8-) -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Contributed-Plugins-License-tp26844884p26888336.html Sent from the JspWiki - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
