Hi Ross, On Sunday, 2011-08-07 21:26:29 +0100, Ross Gardler wrote:
> On 7 August 2011 16:55, Eike Rathke <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sunday, 2011-08-07 11:27:26 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: > > ... > > >> 1) How do we ensure that contributions are made in a way that is > >> consistent with the rights we need to even host the contributed > >> content. > > > > Ensure that contributions are made under a proper license by having > > a statement at a prominent place when editing a page. Have a bot running > > that searches for terms like license and copyright and such and review > > those pages, reject/undo edits if necessary. > > The ASF is extremely averse with respect to IP management. That's why > companies of all shapes and sizes are comfortable using Apache project > outputs. I'm not part of the legal team. If the community wants to > move towards this kind of model it will need to be run past the legal > team. As I understand it this is not currently accepted practice (but > I may be wrong and if Sam is reading he will correct me). My proposal was due to my understanding that wiki edits should be under a license (Apache or any of category A permissive) that would allow to include any contribution in the "official" release documentation that must be under AL2 or compatible. Am I wrong on this? Eike -- PGP/OpenPGP/GnuPG encrypted mail preferred in all private communication. Key ID: 0x293C05FD - 997A 4C60 CE41 0149 0DB3 9E96 2F1A D073 293C 05FD
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