BTW- I noticed that JASIG was actually using Apache's process which
involves signing this: http://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.txt - I guess
maybe the committers have needed to sign actual forms, but that those
submitting patches didn't. But, I think don't completely understand why
a signed document is needed vs. agreement via submitting form on the
web. Handsigning and faxing seems pretty old-school, and I think is
mostly there as a deterrent to involvement by developers, which I don't
think JASIG needs imo.
Gary Weaver wrote:
> 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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