From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-yw0-f178.google.com (mail-yw0-f178.google.com [209.85.161.178]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D3E058EF for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2016 20:09:18 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-yw0-f178.google.com with SMTP id t125so202524592ywc.1 for ; Thu, 01 Dec 2016 11:09:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linaro.org; s=google; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=U0beFBAznT5A0bVqbxBmM8jxiJ9MCqCp8js5cBt40NQ=; b=MG0ulcP8WvGa+PUK/IAMgjAz4XXMnPIlTYUtyfvZVdLi0innG7kfiYuIYNnGtivQ7j Z4XhEAtbothyaXC0Fqwh20Kq6+TUBLv0dYNeEPnXfQILDmt/KdxiIv5TBHTimvMs2bwA JU8kE1e/1XarkfkZ9GtDL+xt+tNs/lvp8E3nA= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=U0beFBAznT5A0bVqbxBmM8jxiJ9MCqCp8js5cBt40NQ=; b=FHlNPi9Eeeg8c/meiCeaZ49/VfhLbD4arAv/TfGBqKEoc7yr/R+Fahpb9zQmIuBkrJ ebCVxwvutvm9rXrXAenMHS5eY/uQzFy8lMpsOfABHre5CBimcwoNvTeR2gp2BvLmzBLX sf0Gpw+uKFl0SpI+WzauRqLeGmabFFRKypEF9KKq008J6FxAgw3x9GYlR8iuUqy8f6R7 NRlEhvzVmecLf+ICv4xbVJTAb7hp3wXViyeEoZyim99dvAmiZTC3oG0wiD/1zoQ2/dSZ K1Q8dubkxyD9GwF3Ng3zATevcJRZXC92c3fs/P5HzeoWpyggCiM3EpfmPmuifhJdus3W qRtQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AKaTC01bj5JtKFw2+GgiCdTReDR/afC0KK+0sfv/jE+FambyOXAfbZPM5TidaX/mjeJUuasIWP9MEYEaq4ITOLvC X-Received: by 10.129.163.69 with SMTP id a66mr46256635ywh.175.1480619357410; Thu, 01 Dec 2016 11:09:17 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.37.164.99 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Dec 2016 11:09:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <584070FA.30606@redhat.com> References: <26FA93C7ED1EAA44AB77D62FBE1D27BA67626AEE@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> <26FA93C7ED1EAA44AB77D62FBE1D27BA676277F4@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> <58406EC0.7000904@redhat.com> <584070FA.30606@redhat.com> From: Francois Ozog Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 20:09:16 +0100 Message-ID: To: Dave Neary Cc: "O'Driscoll, Tim" , Michael Dolan , "moving@dpdk.org" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=94eb2c128138d8e49905429d8eef Subject: Re: [dpdk-moving] Minutes from "Moving DPDK to Linux Foundation" call, November 29th X-BeenThere: moving@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK community structure changes List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 19:09:18 -0000 --94eb2c128138d8e49905429d8eef Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, please find the Linaro CLA that passed many large companies lawyers for IP: http://opendataplane.org/contributor/individual/ Compnies that already signed it (not all are listed): ARM, Broadcom, Canonical, Cavium, Cisco, Comcast, Ericsson, ENEA, Facebook, Hisilicon, HP Enterprise, Huawei, MontaVista, Nokia, NXP, Qualcomm, RedHat, Samsung, Socionext, Spreadtrum, ST microelectronics, Texas Instruments, Wind River, ZTE I wonder how to read "Need for a CLA is a problem for some contributors due to the need to get legal approval." Is it: "let's mask the problem to lawyers because they may NOT allow us to continue our technical fun?" or is it "this is just a burden that may take long and I don't want to lose time". Cordially, FF On 1 December 2016 at 19:50, Dave Neary wrote: > > > On 12/01/2016 01:41 PM, Dave Neary wrote: > >> Note that I=E2=80=99m assuming that the combination of Apache 2 and a = CLA isn't > an option because this seems redundant as both include patent protection. > Maybe there are other reasons that would make this a valid combination > though. > > > > The Apache Software Foundation requires CLAs with copyright assignment > > to the foundation for official Apache projects - this is to allow for > > future license changes (an Apache v3 license), and also reflects some o= f > > the difficulties of a 30 year old project (several of the original > > copyright holders are no longer with the project, or have died, and the > > succession rights for copyright materials can sometimes result in > > unfortunate conflicts between the estates and open source projects). > > A small but important correction: The ASF CLA is a grant of a broad > copyright license which allows, among other things, the ASF to > redistribute the software under a different license. It is not a > copyright assignment. > > Thanks, > Dave. > > -- > Dave Neary - NFV/SDN Community Strategy > Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com > Ph: +1-978-399-2182 / Cell: +1-978-799-3338 > --=20 [image: Linaro] Fran=C3=A7ois-Fr=C3=A9d=C3=A9ric Ozog | *Director Linaro Networking Group* T: +33.67221.6485 francois.ozog@linaro.org | Skype: ffozog --94eb2c128138d8e49905429d8eef Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hello,

please find the Linaro CLA that = passed many large companies lawyers for IP:=C2=A0http://opendataplane.org/contributor/individual/
Compnies that already signed it (not all are listed): ARM, Bro= adcom, Canonical, Cavium, Cisco, Comcast, Ericsson, ENEA, Facebook, Hisilic= on, HP Enterprise, Huawei, MontaVista, Nokia, NXP, Qualcomm, RedHat, Samsun= g, Socionext, Spreadtrum, ST microelectronics, Texas Instruments, Wind Rive= r, ZTE

I wonder how to read "Need for a CLA is a problem for some contributors due to t= he need to get legal approval."= ;

<= span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">Is it: "let's mask the problem to = lawyers because they may NOT allow us to continue our technical fun?" = or is it "this is just a burden that may take long and I don't wan= t to lose time".

Cordially,
=
FF

On 1 December 2016 at 19:50, Dave Neary <<= a href=3D"mailto:dneary@redhat.com" target=3D"_blank">dneary@redhat.com= > wrote:


On 12/01/2016 01:41 PM, Dave Neary wrote:
>> Note that I=E2=80=99m assuming that the combination of Apache 2 an= d a CLA isn't an option because this seems redundant as both include pa= tent protection. Maybe there are other reasons that would make this a valid= combination though.
>
> The Apache Software Foundation requires CLAs with copyright assignment=
> to the foundation for official Apache projects - this is to allow for<= br> > future license changes (an Apache v3 license), and also reflects some = of
> the difficulties of a 30 year old project (several of the original
> copyright holders are no longer with the project, or have died, and th= e
> succession rights for copyright materials can sometimes result in
> unfortunate conflicts between the estates and open source projects).
A small but important correction: The ASF CLA is a grant of a broad<= br> copyright license which allows, among other things, the ASF to
redistribute the software under a different license. It is not a
copyright assignment.

Thanks,
Dave.

--
Dave Neary - NFV/SDN Community Strategy
Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com
Ph: +1-978-399-218= 2 / Cell: +1-9= 78-799-3338



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