On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Shane Curcuru <[email protected]> wrote: > In case folks haven't seen this: > > http://legal-discuss.markmail.org/thread/mleqsm636zf5fqia > > Which points to: > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Relicensing > > So it looks like there will be plenty of code sharing! 8-> >
It seems to be based on an interesting theory about what an SGA actually does. It seems to assume that the SGA itself puts the code under the Apache License. But does it? Take a look at the actually text: http://www.apache.org/licenses/cla-corporate.txt I don't see anything where it states that the grantor gives the files to the ASF under ALv2. But it does give the ASF a broader bucket of permissions, including the right to sublicense. My impression I think the ALv2 is attached during the IP review process in the Podling, as we review the code, as Oracle (via Andrew) changed the LGPL headers to Apache headers, and ultimately when the IPMC voted to approve the AOO 3.4 release. Ultimately, basing a LO license rebasing on a pre-IP review, pre-release version of AOO is not recommended. We all know what types of issues we ran into and had to clean up. The released code is in much better, in terms of straightening out the licenses. > - Shane
