Something else I thought of if it helps is that Sourceforge, Apache
(although it was several years ago and my patch was integrated by
someone else), and Atlassian community projects that I've contributed to
have not required actual hand-signed statements/contracts (that I
remember at least- RPI was the only one that required a signed agreement
for Bedework iirc).
Couldn't there just be an online form to submit a request for access to
contribute that doesn't require printing/signing/faxing or mailing? I'm
pretty sure that I had to agree to something when signing up with
sourceforge. Then whenever changes came about, they've just sent an
email to state the changes to the agreement (and maybe how to contact
them or opt-out if they disagree) iirc.
License changes for uPortal and other top-level JASIG projects could
then just be handled by an email out to the group stating that
everything under the JASIG umbrella in the code had a proposed license
change and it could be voted on like any other changes.
Thanks!
Gary
Gary Weaver wrote:
> Curious- will this also apply to all portlets contributed to sandbox?
>
> How feasible is all of this if there is some code here and there (not
> sure if there is, but if there is) that was contributed under a
> different license?
>
> In open source projects before, I've never been asked to change the
> license by the person hosting the source control repository (it has
> usually just been an initiative by the developers on the project
> itself), so am just curious.
>
> Thanks!
> Gary
>
>
> Jason Shao (CampusEAI Consortium) wrote:
>
>> Uh oh the board really wanted to validate everyone was comfortable signing
>> the forms before voting to finalize them...
>>
>> If (DecisionMaking.repeatsAdInfinitum()) {break;}
>>
>> *whew* that was close ;)
>>
>> Not to steal John L.¹s thunder - but I'd like to publicly commend him --
>> he's done an excellent, enormous (and thankless) job putting these items
>> together. I know he and the rest of the board are very interested in making
>> sure we¹ve got the right balance between protecting everyone (developers,
>> institutions, Jasig) and not being too onerous. Hopefully when everyone
>> looks at the proposed documents if there are any comments (cynical or
>> otherwise) I think we¹d all love to hear them.
>>
>> Jason
>>
>> On 7/28/09 6:35 PM, "Cris Holdorph" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> I'm waiting for the licensing policy to be officially voted on and
>>> approved by the board, before signing it. Call me a cynic or lazy, but
>>> I hate having to sign forms, then turn around and sign it again, because
>>> they changed one sentence.
>>>
>>> ---- Cris J H
>>>
>>> Eric Dalquist wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> As an FYI for uPortal developers and those interested in uPortal
>>>> development. The Jasig board has been working on updating the licensing
>>>> policy for projects under its purview. The updated policy is available
>>>> for public review on the wiki: http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/x/6YB9AQ
>>>>
>>>> I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm looking forward to these
>>>> changes and will be sending in my own signed Contributer License
>>>> Agreement (CLA) shortly. While I believe direct contact with existing
>>>> uPortal developers is planned I would encourage anyone with commit
>>>> access to the Jasig SVN repository to go ahead and submit a signed CLA
>>>> as well after of course going through whatever institutional policy you
>>>> need to for that. Your initiative in this effort will help make the
>>>> transition go as smoothly as possible.
>>>>
>>>> If you have comments or questions about the licensing policy updates you
>>>> can continue the discussion here or email [email protected]
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> -Eric Dalquist
>>>>
>>>>
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