Good stuff guys. I looked through the proposal and nothing jumped out at me.
Jesse On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com>wrote: > In addition to Frank's corrections, I have sent a couple questions over > to the LocationTech email list. > > Q: How much of the above needs to be adapted to work in the Context of > LocationTech? > > - Example: http://www.eclipse.org/legal/copyrightandlicensenotice.php <- > covers standard header > > Q: When working under the LocationTech banner, do we need to engage the > language around "redistribution of Eclipse.org content" > > Specifically points 1 & 2 from "A Guide to the Legal Documentation for > Eclipse-based Conrtent": > > 1. All of the legal documentation is written on behalf of the Eclipse > Foundation as if it were the distributor of the content. If you > redistribute the content then it is no longer true that Eclipse Foundation > is providing the content. In this case, the content originated with the > Eclipse Foundation and you are redistributing it. > > 2. If you are redistributing the object code under your own license as the > EPL, and other licenses used by the Eclipse.org projects allow you to do > (there may be exceptions), then the existing Eclipse.org legal > documentation can be very misleading to readers since it states that use of > the object code is governed by various open source licenses. > > -- > Jody Garnett > > On Tuesday, 25 September 2012 at 9:02 AM, Jody Garnett wrote: > > Good morning email list, and Andrew / Janet > > We are indeed setting up to re-license. The RFC is taking shape here: > http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/UDIG/License+Change > > And I would indeed like to confirm that this is done correctly, if you > spot anything we have missed please let me know. The goal is to complete > this work prior to the Oct 10th meeting. > > I had a question around the use of EPL (I know it is your recommended > default license). > > The story we are focused on is ability to transfer small blocks of code > down into GeoTools when the occasion warrants. > - We have a history of pushing, particularly QA and testing code, closer > to where the problems occur. > - I have also watched teams rapidly prototyped code in uDig (often for a > customer / deadline) before transferring the technology to GeoTools in > benefit from wider community testing. > > Q: Is this story possible with EPL, or should we focus on one of the other > license options? > > -- > Jody Garnett > > On Tuesday, 18 September 2012 at 4:51 AM, Andrew Ross wrote: > > Also, Jody, unless I have my wires crossed, I believe you were leading > efforts to re-license to EPL prior to making the initial contribution for > uDig. If you would please confirm? Also, perhaps we might help to ensure > that is done correctly? > > I've copied Janet on this email in case you have questions. > > Thank you all, > > -- > *Andrew Ross* > Director, Ecosystems > Eclipse Foundation <http://eclipse.org> > Twitter: @42aross <http://twitter.com/42aross> > Mobile: 1-613-614-5772 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) > http://udig.refractions.net > http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel > >
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