On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Dave Fisher <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On May 1, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Rob Weir wrote:
>
>> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Michael Meeks <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, 2012-04-19 at 22:59 +0100, Ross Gardler wrote:
>>>> On 19 April 2012 17:24, Michael Meeks <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>        1. Are those SGA's unmodified, and/or does the scope extend
>>>>>           beyond the plain list of files, and just one version of
>>>>>           them ?
>>>>
>>>> The SGAs signed by Oracle are, to the best of my knowledge,
>>> ...
>>>> The scope does not extend beyond the listed files. If there are files
>>>> you think are needed we can talk to Oracle to see if we can have those
>>>> too.
>>>
>>>        Thanks; the list of files is not my prime concern.
>>>
>>>> I'm not sure whether it covers just one version or all versions, my
>>>> guess is if we were given history then it would extend to that history
>>>> too but that is my *guess* only. What is certain is that the grant
>>>> covers all IP in the files listed and supplied to us.
>>>
>>>        Gosh; that is rather an important difference. What files were 
>>> supplied
>>> to you ? (were they not all checked into svn by Rob ? - what mechanics
>>> went on there) ?
>>>
>>
>> This was all done openly on the list.  You can the details of how we
>> imported the code if you consult the list archives.   I'm pretty sure
>> it would take me approximately the same time as it would you to find
>> the relevant posts, so I won't deny you the experience.  Try searching
>> for "svn import".
>>
>>>> The signed documents are private because they contain private contact
>>>> details, however the text is at
>>>
>>>        Fair enough.
>>>
>>>> If you need a firmer/clearer statement than that (i.e. from someone on
>>>> the legal committee rather than an observer like me) then feel free to
>>>> post to [email protected] where our VP Legal Affairs will be
>>>> happy to respond.
>>>
>>>        I am then curious about things like the aw080 branch. I searched the
>>> archive as Dave Fisher recommended (but am none the wiser).
>>>
>>>        Armin's work is important to the future of both projects (or perhaps 
>>> I
>>> just like Armin's work generally :-) - but it is by no means the only
>>> important thing that was not been merged by the time Andrew changed the
>>> license headers.
>>>
>>>        As such, I'd like to know what the situation is for the work that
>>> Oracle has done, that (apparently) is/was not covered by the SGA, and is
>>> left lying around in a large number of mercurial branches (or CWS) in an
>>> unclear state.
>>>
>>>        In the aw080 case, we currently see work owned by Oracle, originally
>>> licensed under the LGPLv3 only, with IBM work done on top, then re-based
>>> (by IBM?) on top of an AL2 base loosing the LGPLv3 headers in the
>>> process, now suggesting that the work is AL2 licensed; is it ? if so,
>>> how is/was that process documented ? [ it'd be great to have clarity on
>>> what exact versions of what are granted ].
>>>
>>>        Given the large number of files, and the general PITA that doing the
>>> license header changes is; and given the large number of useful CWS'
>>> that can still be merged, what mechanism will be used for determining
>>> the licensing of those files ? About the worst I can imagine would be
>>> having a poor individual from Oracle trying to do the re-base of each of
>>> them on top of the AL2 code-base - something made even more unpleasant
>>> by eg. the tooltypes changes.
>>>
>>>        IMHO of course, by far the easiest way would be some formulation from
>>> Oracle / SGA etc. that said something like:
>>>
>>>        "all versions of the listed files in branches from the mercurial
>>>         repository are licensed to Apache under the AL2"
>>>
>>>        or something - though, clearly there are prolly some interesting new
>>> files there too - which would fall foul of the list in the SGA I guess.
>>> Anyhow - most interested in the status of those.
>>>
>>> On Thu, 2012-04-19 at 23:13 +0200, Rob Weir wrote:
>>>> Were there any other specific CWS's that you are interested in, aside
>>>> from aw080?
>>>
>>>        I havn't done a complete audit yet; but when I last reviewed the 
>>> list,
>>> there were rather a large number of useful bits of code there -
>>> everything from bug-fixes, to new features, to porting to gnumake.
>>>
>>>        I assume you have a plan for rescuing that, it'd be great to 
>>> understand
>>> it in more detail.
>>>
>>
>> I'm not sure what you are asking.  If you are not asking about the
>> status of code in a release, then I don't think you can expect an
>> official answer from us.  Remember, what gives the blessing to Apache
>> source distributions is the vote that culminates a process of review
>> and approval of that release.  We might individually have opinions on
>> source that is not in a release.  But we're not going to make any
>> official statement on code that is not in a release.
>
> I think he is asking about this:
>
> URL: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ooo/branches/alg/aw080

OK.  So this code is not in a release.  So it has not been formally
reviewed or voted on.  When a committer merges that branch into the
trunk and we include it in an RC, then we'll need to take a closer
look.  But neither of these have occurred.

But interesting questions, for another day.

-Rob


> Repository Root: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf
> Repository UUID: 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
> Revision: 1328172
> Node Kind: directory
> Schedule: normal
> Last Changed Author: alg
> Last Changed Rev: 1327856
> Last Changed Date: 2012-04-19 01:04:51 -0700 (Thu, 19 Apr 2012)
>
> David-Fishers-MacBook-Air:aw080 dave$ svn log .
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> r1327856 | alg | 2012-04-19 01:04:51 -0700 (Thu, 19 Apr 2012) | 1 line
>
> aw080: fixes in svx, sd, stabilizing
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> r1327190 | alg | 2012-04-17 10:23:56 -0700 (Tue, 17 Apr 2012) | 1 line
>
> aw080: stabilizing sw, sd and sc, changes to svx.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> r1326092 | alg | 2012-04-14 05:17:53 -0700 (Sat, 14 Apr 2012) | 1 line
>
> Resync to current trunc
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> r1205821 | alg | 2011-11-24 05:24:08 -0800 (Thu, 24 Nov 2011) | 1 line
>
> aw080: Initial commit of adapted aw080 cws. This is work in progress, do not 
> use yet. It is about changing the DrawingLayer core (model, view and 
> controller) to transformations and double precision graphic content
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> r1205438 | alg | 2011-11-23 07:25:17 -0800 (Wed, 23 Nov 2011) | 1 line
>
> aw080: Creating a work branch for the longtime project to bring the 
> drawinglayer core to double precision and transformations
>
> Regards,
> Dave
>
>
>>
>> -Rob
>>
>>
>>
>>>        Thanks,
>>>
>>>                Michael.
>>>
>>> --
>>> [email protected]  <><, Pseudo Engineer, itinerant idiot
>>>
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