Due to the gap I don't think it's a good idea to commit upstream. I truly wish there was more collaboration by turning these 2 into one project.
Yaron Shahrabani <Hebrew translator> On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 10:17 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello Yaron, > > On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 05:37:48PM +0300, Yaron Shahrabani wrote: > > If it was truly open you wouldn't have to sign that you agree with it, > just > > saying... > > I'm not sure if I understand the "have to sign" and how it relates to > openness, but if it means that you have to sign some sort of licence > agreement, then that's not the case. Let me quote two examples: > > * nds-DE locale data contributed by Timo Putzer <[email protected]> > > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/trunk/main/i18npool/source/localedata/data/nds_DE.xml > > * tt-RU locale data contributed by Irek Khaziev <[email protected]> > > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/trunk/main/i18npool/source/localedata/data/tt_RU.xml > > Timo and Irek didn't have to sign anything in order to contribute. They > just had to state that their contribution was licensed under the Apache > License; these statements were even implicit, as the locale data files > they contributed had the ALv2 header, see the attachments on the > respective bug reports > https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=124611 > https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=124631 > > These examples also show the benefits of the Apache Licence openness, > which allows that your contribution can be "consumed" by other projects, > derived or not, for example: > > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/log/i18npool/source/localedata/data/nds_DE.xml > > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/log/i18npool/source/localedata/data/tt_RU.xml > Also note that, in this example, code flows in one direction, as they > don't contribute their changes back. > > > Regards > -- > Ariel Constenla-Haile > La Plata, Argentina >
