Shane Curcuru wrote on Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 08:35:57 -0400: > However, there is a somewhat related precedent in the Apache > Subversion project, which shipped code as a podling under it's > previous license before creating a fully ASF "blessed" release. As > a widely used and mature project before it came to the ASF, it made > sense to allow the podling to create a "bridge" release under > similar but not identical Apache policies, before they graduated and > began producing releases under all Apache policies. > > Note that this is only somewhat related, because previous Subversion > builds used an earlier Apache license or similar, and not GPL style > licenses. So I'm not sure the precedent will apply, but it's > something we could consider asking if the PPMC is interested in > pursuing this.
Subversion shipped those releases at its pre-Apache home. If you're proposing that OOo ship non-Apache releases for an interim period, where would they be hosted?
