[Incubator] Communication ~= progress

[Frank Warmerdam]

Jody Garnett wrote:
> Cameron and Arnulf stopped by the weekly GeoTools IRC meeting and helped 
> get communication going again. I am a bit scared that we wasted 
> literally months of time over miscommunication with the board .... but 
> we may now have a way forward.
> 
> - http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Update+GeoTools+Headers
> - 
> http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/2007/10/15/IRC+Logs+Breakout+on+Iccubation 
> 
> 
> This all hinges on the assumption that the OSGeo foundation is 
> comfortable having commit history acts as an agreement, I am going to 
> crash the next board meeting and confirm this.

Jody,

All legal advice we have received indicates that a cvs commit action
does not constitute "assignment of copyright".  Though we have taken
the position that it is sufficient to declare a change of license
as long as it is done by the copyright holder, or with their agreement.

So, are you talking about a commit operation for copyright assignment
or for licensing?

Best regards,
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