Hi, I have a comment about the original question, which may have already been answered elsewhere, but I thought I'd throw my opinion in here anyway.
My understanding is that the copyright holder of any code always has the right to redistributed their code under a new license. This right is the foundation of opensource/commercial dual license approaches. So in the case where uDig has been distributed as EPL, and you decide to take a piece and push it down to Geotools (LGPL), then you, as the copyright holder, should have the full right to do so. Someone else will not have that right, only the copyright holder. I'm not a lawyer, so I may be wrong, but this is my understanding. Regards, Craig On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Jesse Eichar <jesse.eic...@camptocamp.com>wrote: > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) > http://udig.refractions.net > http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel > >
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