On Jan 5, 2007, at 1:35 PM, Chris Howe wrote:
--- David E Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:The owner of the copyright continues to own the copyright. The Apache 2.0 license explains fairly explicitly that only a license is granted from the copyright owner to the ASF, and then from the ASF to any users of the software. How you do this in a sandbox like you're shooting for... I really don't know! I think that's one reason the ASF sandbox is limited to committers only with CLAs on file. However, having a CLA on file with a separate organization doesn't really much for the ASF.A CLA for a separate legal entity (entity A) would give someone from entity A the the legal right to resubmit the collaborated work to the ASF (and therefore the authority to press the radio button: Grant license to ASF for inclusion in ASF works.) Yes? Again, thanks for your feedback!
I don't know if it's that simple, and my guess (and concern) is that it isn't.
At the ASF there are 2 varieties of CLAs, individual and corporate. Individual CLAs are always required and corporate CLAs are required if the person is an employee, and may be needed when working under a work for hire agreement.
I think if you wanted to create an organization to govern the sandbox that would be able to license the code to the ASF you _might_ have to have an agreement in place that grants ownership to the sandbox entity, so it can license it to the ASF. That gets tricky... and I really don't know.
Perhaps someone else does? Another option might be to see if someone on the legal discuss mailing list can comment on this.
In general for collaborative efforts that are meant to go into OFBiz, I'd still recommend getting a road map laid out and some initial code that can be committed for people to base their efforts on. Is this a bit of a pain? Yeah. Definitely. Working with others always is. These days I spend easily 2-3 hours on collaboration for every hour I spend on development...
-David
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