RE: GPL Code in GitHub

2015-03-04 Thread Julian Tenney
stems. Thanks again. From: Stian Soiland-Reyes [st...@apache.org] Sent: 04 March 2015 17:26 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: RE: GPL Code in GitHub In *github* you should not be worried about GPL code. In git.apache.org you should. (Apache's git repos are mirrored back a

RE: GPL Code in GitHub

2015-03-04 Thread Stian Soiland-Reyes
be undermined if we had a repo with GPL code in it." > > Cheers. > > -Original Message- > From: Stian Soiland-Reyes [mailto:st...@apache.org] > Sent: 04 March 2015 15:45 > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: GPL Code in GitHub > > Releases expl

RE: GPL Code in GitHub

2015-03-04 Thread Julian Tenney
March 2015 15:45 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: GPL Code in GitHub Releases explained here: https://www.apache.org/dev/release.html Basically putting into git/svn is not a release - but as anyone (practically any committer) can propose a release candidate for voting based on the

RE: GPL Code in GitHub

2015-03-04 Thread Julian Tenney
ch 2015 13:47 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: GPL Code in GitHub On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 8:45 AM Julian Tenney wrote: > Question: I know I've seen this discussed here before, and in any > case, you guys are the best source for an answer: > > Can we have GPL code in a repository as l

Re: GPL Code in GitHub

2015-03-04 Thread Stian Soiland-Reyes
ty. > > I know the developer is going to ask why can't it live in the repository. But > first I'll find out if it is a feature or an option. > > -Original Message- > From: Jean-Baptiste Onofré [mailto:j...@nanthrax.net] > Sent: 04 March 2015 15:17 > To: gen

Re: GPL Code in GitHub

2015-03-04 Thread Stian Soiland-Reyes
omething in your github? Or when you make a release and the files associated > with that release? > > -Original Message- > From: Matt Franklin [mailto:m.ben.frank...@gmail.com] > Sent: 04 March 2015 15:26 > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: GPL Code in

RE: GPL Code in GitHub

2015-03-04 Thread Julian Tenney
I have a feeling it is some alternative authentication thing. It's optional, to make the project work under certain circumstances. -Original Message- From: Jean-Baptiste Onofré [mailto:j...@nanthrax.net] Sent: 04 March 2015 13:47 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: GPL Co

www.apache-extras.org wrong redirect (was: GPL Code in GitHub)

2015-03-04 Thread Stian Soiland-Reyes
That must be a configuration error for http://www.apache-extras.org/ http://apache-extras.org/ redirect correctly to https://code.google.com/a/apache-extras.org/hosting/ I've raised it as https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-9229 On 4 March 2015 at 15:26, John D. Ament wrote: > I notice

Re: GPL Code in GitHub

2015-03-04 Thread John D. Ament
I notice that apache-extras is now forwarding to Any23. Is that on purpose? On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 10:15 AM Benson Margulies wrote: > An Apache project may not manage a codebase outside of Apache. Some people > who happen to be members of an Apache community can maintain code outside > of Apach

RE: GPL Code in GitHub

2015-03-04 Thread Julian Tenney
lease? -Original Message- From: Matt Franklin [mailto:m.ben.frank...@gmail.com] Sent: 04 March 2015 15:26 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: GPL Code in GitHub On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 10:23 AM Julian Tenney < julian.ten...@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote: > We have two things th

Re: GPL Code in GitHub

2015-03-04 Thread Matt Franklin
ity.html http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html > > -Original Message- > From: Jean-Baptiste Onofré [mailto:j...@nanthrax.net] > Sent: 04 March 2015 15:17 > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: GPL Code in GitHub > > Exactly, that's why I asked ;

RE: GPL Code in GitHub

2015-03-04 Thread Julian Tenney
Original Message- From: Jean-Baptiste Onofré [mailto:j...@nanthrax.net] Sent: 04 March 2015 15:17 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: GPL Code in GitHub Exactly, that's why I asked ;) Just to be sure, else it's an issue IMHO. Regards JB On 03/04/2015 04:14 PM, Benso

Re: GPL Code in GitHub

2015-03-04 Thread Jean-Baptiste Onofré
Exactly, that's why I asked ;) Just to be sure, else it's an issue IMHO. Regards JB On 03/04/2015 04:14 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: An Apache project may not manage a codebase outside of Apache. Some people who happen to be members of an Apache community can maintain code outside of Apache, if

RE: GPL Code in GitHub

2015-03-04 Thread Julian Tenney
Thanks. -Original Message- From: Stian Soiland-Reyes [mailto:st...@apache.org] Sent: 04 March 2015 15:14 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: GPL Code in GitHub It depends how you integrate it - you can't put LGPL or GPL stuff into distributions from Apache - and you

Re: GPL Code in GitHub

2015-03-04 Thread Benson Margulies
An Apache project may not manage a codebase outside of Apache. Some people who happen to be members of an Apache community can maintain code outside of Apache, if they are very clear in distinguishing; it must not be a product of the project. See 'Apache Extras'. On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Je

Re: GPL Code in GitHub

2015-03-04 Thread Stian Soiland-Reyes
It depends how you integrate it - you can't put LGPL or GPL stuff into distributions from Apache - and you can't really do a release that is incomplete without it (e.g. "To make X work, download the GPL library Y and put it into lib") Optional dependencies (e.g. plugins) should however be fine to

Re: GPL Code in GitHub

2015-03-04 Thread Matt Franklin
On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 8:45 AM Julian Tenney wrote: > Question: I know I've seen this discussed here before, and in any case, > you guys are the best source for an answer: > > Can we have GPL code in a repository as long as that is not distributed > with the product in a 'official' release? > Th

Re: GPL Code in GitHub

2015-03-04 Thread Jean-Baptiste Onofré
Hi Julian, the code is not included in the project (just a reference) ? Regards JB On 03/04/2015 02:44 PM, Julian Tenney wrote: Question: I know I've seen this discussed here before, and in any case, you guys are the best source for an answer: Can we have GPL code in a repository as long as

GPL Code in GitHub

2015-03-04 Thread Julian Tenney
Question: I know I've seen this discussed here before, and in any case, you guys are the best source for an answer: Can we have GPL code in a repository as long as that is not distributed with the product in a 'official' release? Thanks a lot, Julian This message and any attachment are int