Those files were not written by Facebook, so we don't have the legal right to grant them to the ASF. Some of the files are covered by explicit licenses. Our intention was to let those files be handled by their own licenses. Others were contributed by other Thrift developers. Our intention was for those contributors to send their own CLAs and/or grants to the ASF.
--David Upayavira wrote: > On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 10:20 +0100, Upayavira wrote: >> David - I'm sure I saw something. Can you remember how/when/where I told >> you? > > Clearly, the best way to find something is to ask someone where it is. > > It is recorded with the CCLAs, not software grants. > > I note in there that there is a list of files that are explicitly > excluded from the grant. Have those been dealt with in some way? What > was the intention of that exclusion? > > Upayavira > > >> Upayavira >> >> On Mon, 2009-08-10 at 20:28 -0700, David Reiss wrote: >>> Upayavira told me that it was received. >>> >>> Joe Schaefer wrote: >>>> I strongly recommend resubmitting it as faxes have a way >>>> of getting lost at Apache and there's no record that I >>>> can find of receiving it. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ---- >>>>> From: Jake Luciani <[email protected]> >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 10:40:09 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: Releasing Thrift 0.1.0 >>>>> >>>>> Hi Joe, >>>>> >>>>> According to David Reiss' last email on the subject it was faxed in June >>>>> 30th. >>>>> >>>>> Perhaps he or Mark Slee can try to fax it once again? >>>>> >>>>> -Jake >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:12 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Looking over the THRIFT jira and the mailing list archives, >>>>>> it appears a 0.1.0 release of Thrift is blocking on a >>>>>> software grant from Facebook. I've looked for a copy of >>>>>> the grant in the ASF records and cannot find it. >>>>>> >>>>>> In case we haven't figured it out yet, thrift needs to >>>>>> cut a release ASAP to start bringing its distribution >>>>>> management in line with ASF best practices (and policy). >>>>>> I've offered to help with that as much as I can, because >>>>>> I would like to see Thrift graduate from the Incubator >>>>>> sooner, rather than later, and demonstration of proper >>>>>> release management is an absolute exit requirement for >>>>>> the IPMC. >>>>>> >>>>>> But first thing's first, let's get the Facebook grant >>>>>> squared away. Who is willing to help with this? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >
