Re: Serveral legal question about donating project to Apache?

2015-06-19 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 6:34 PM, Stefan Reich stefan.reich.maker.of@googlemail.com wrote: Sorry, but this is all too complicated... So what do you suggest exactly? ...It leads to stalemate. With more than 200 active projects, including some world-changing ones, I don't think you can

Re: Serveral legal question about donating project to Apache?

2015-06-18 Thread Stefan Reich
Sorry, but this is all too complicated. You're not a lawyer, but you let software development be controlled by lawyers? It leads to stalemate. Stefan On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Rob Vesse rve...@dotnetrdf.org wrote: Answers inline, please be aware IANAL so these answers are no substitute

Re: Serveral legal question about donating project to Apache?

2015-06-18 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Stefan Reich stefan.reich.maker.of@googlemail.com wrote: Sorry, but this is all too complicated. You're not a lawyer, but you let software development be controlled by lawyers? It leads to stalemate. I don't know what gave you that impression, but ASF prides

Re: Serveral legal question about donating project to Apache?

2015-06-18 Thread toki
On 06/18/2015 04:34 PM, Stefan Reich wrote: You're not a lawyer, but you let software development be controlled by lawyers? Failing to follow the advice of lawyers can have extremely expensive, and even more unpleasant consequences. The procedures setup by the Apache Software Foundation are

Re: Serveral legal question about donating project to Apache?

2015-06-18 Thread P. Taylor Goetz
Hi Longda, I believe your questions are in part related to STORM-718 [1] (IP Clearance for JStorm contributions). To add some additional details, if you are donating code to an existing Apache project, you do not go through the incubator to become a top-level Apache process. The IP clearance

Re: Serveral legal question about donating project to Apache?

2015-06-18 Thread Rob Vesse
Answers inline, please be aware IANAL so these answers are no substitute for getting advice from a real lawyer On 17/06/2015 17:12, 封仲淹(纪君祥) zhongyan.f...@alibaba-inc.com wrote: Hi May I ask several question about donating projects to Apache? Any help are appreciated. Thanks in advance.