[tdf-discuss] Re: Dual licensing of patches and code

On 13-03-09, at 05:39 , Andrea Pescetti <pescetti@apache.org> wrote:

> The conversation below happened in public, but not on the OpenOffice public lists. I believe it's 
> good to record its outcome here on the OpenOffice dev list too.

Yes; thanks!

> Summary:
> - Question from Jim Jagielski: "Is a contribution under ALv2 + MPL + LGPLv3+ acceptable to both 
> OpenOffice and LibreOffice (and Apache Software Foundation and The Document Foundation)?"
> - Answer by the OpenOffice PMC: "Yes (speaking for the OpenOffice project). See 
> http://openoffice.apache.org/contributing-code.html "

Quite.

> No further discussion needed on the OpenOffice dev list. The ongoing conversation can be read at: 
> http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/

Thanks, Andrea, this is very useful.


> Regards,
>  Andrea.

Best
louis
> On 05/03/2013 Jim Jagielski wrote:
> > On Mar 5, 2013, at 10:34 AM, Jim Jagielski<jim@jaguNET.com>  wrote:
> >
> > > So far, I've rec'd an answer from AOO... I'd appreciate
> > > an answer from TDF as well.
> > >
> > > On Mar 4, 2013, at 11:39 AM, Jim Jagielski<jim@jaguNET.com>  wrote:
> > >
> > > > BTW, Please be sure that I'm on the CC list, so I get
> > > > any and all responses :)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mar 4, 2013, at 8:08 AM, Jim Jagielski<jim@jaguNET.com>  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello there.
> > > > >
> > > > > This Email is being directed to the 2 controlling bodies of
> > > > > the Apache OpenOffice Project and LibreOffice (TDF). You will
> > > > > notice that I am sending this from my non-ASF account.
> > > > >
> > > > > Recently, at various conferences, I have been approached by
> > > > > numerous people, both 100% volunteer as well as more "corporate"
> > > > > affiliated, wondering if it was OK for them to submit code,
> > > > > patches and fixes to both AOO and LO at the same time. In
> > > > > general, these people have code that directly patches LO
> > > > > but they also want to dual-license the code such that it
> > > > > can also be consumed by AOO even if it requires work and
> > > > > modification for it to be committed to, and folded into,
> > > > > the AOO repo. My response has always been that as the
> > > > > orig author of their code/patches/whatever, they can
> > > > > license their contributions as they see fit. However,
> > > > > I have been told that they have rec'd word that such
> > > > > dual-licensed code would not be accepted by, or acceptable
> > > > > to, either the AOO project and/or LO and/or TDF and/or
> > > > > the ASF.
> > > > >
> > > > > Therefore, I am asking for official confirmation from
> > > > > both projects and both entities that both projectsSo
> > > > > are fully OK with accepting code/patches/etc that
> > > > > are licensed in such a way as to be 100% consumable
> > > > > by both projects. For example, if I have a code patch
> > > > > which is dual-licensed both under LGPLv3 and ALv2, that
> > > > > such a patch would be acceptable to both LO and AOO.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you.
>
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