On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Dave Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jun 16, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Donald Whytock wrote: > >> My two centimes... >> >> It sounds like what Martin is asking for is a mechanism whereby a >> sponsoring corporation or collection of corporations can take the >> corporate view and "throw money at the problem" to get things done. >> >> It occurs to me that this doesn't have to exist within the framework >> of the ASF. Since anyone can be a contributor, said anyone could be >> in the employ of an external nonprof, so a nonprof could accept money >> for the purposes of hiring people to subscribe to ooo-dev and have at >> it. >> >> This seems like something that the ASF and PMC not only don't need to >> do anything about, but in fact can't do anything about. > > It happens. Companies do get contracted to work on projects. Individuals also > may be paid. If doing so then business interests need to be separated, you > really shouldn't make your payment contingent on the project doing anything. > That can become a community problem. > > Companies who are sponsoring such work for hire need to submit a CCLA. > http://www.apache.org/licenses/
Largely agree with everything you said, with one subtle point in that a CCLA may not be necessary depending on a number of factors including whether that company claims to have a right to the intellectual property. Here's the actual text from the ICLA: If your employer(s) has rights to intellectual property that you create that includes your Contributions, you represent that you have received permission to make Contributions on behalf of that employer, that your employer has waived such rights for your Contributions to the Foundation, or that your employer has executed a separate Corporate CLA with the Foundation. > Corporations / individuals can sponsor the ASF, but cannot direct those > donations. > > Ross/Sam, do I have this stated correctly? > > Regards, > Dave - Sam Ruby
