Transfering Code Copyright - restart
Jody Garnett
jgarnett at refractions.net
Wed Sep 6 02:30:02 PDT 2006
Jennifer Daehler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Which issue was related to legal and is pending? -- sorry to join the
> conversation mid-stream.
>
>
GeoTools has a number of questions:
- project (c) assignment to OSGEO
- project documentation license (this is where we are stuck, apparently
something that allows OSGEO to maintain the docs in good faith is what
is requested)
These seem to be the final items holding GeoTools back.
Here is the part of the thread that was obscure:
>> A couple meetings ago we wanted to know how to peruse assign (c) of the
>> GeoTools codebase to the OSGEO foundation, my understanding was this
>> had to be taken to the board for direction.
>>
>> Has anything come of this, is there a formal process to submit a request
>> to the board? What should we do next.
>>
> This issue was relayed to legal and is pending. I put it on board agenda
>
> for a status report and let you know what is going on.
>
> Formal process... Hmm. I think its fine if you put it on the board
> meeting agenda yourself:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Seventeenth_Board_Meeting
>
> But probably nobody but the board / cabal knows that this kind of thing
> happens every other week. I guess the formal process is to holler at the
>
> board list until we work out *and* communicate how to do it formally.
>
> Arnulf.
>
>
>>>> Best regards,
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