Jody,
I looked at the signed agreement that we got through our legal department and ... you are absolutely right! There is nothing specific to GeoTools in that agreement and it appears to me that it can be used for any OSGeo contributions, including GeoServer once copyright is transferred to OSGeo.
Kind regards,
Ben.
On 31/07/14 10:47, Jody Garnett wrote:
Actually if they have already done the OSGeo contributor license thing
for GeoTools ... they would not have to do *anything* further for GeoServer.
(There is nothing specific to that agreement to GeoTools, it works for
any OSGeo project)
Jody
Jody Garnett
On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies
<Ben.Caradoc-Davies@anonymised.com <mailto:Ben.Caradoc-Davies@anonymised.com>> wrote:
+1.
Thank you so much for progressing this, Jody. The change to OSGeo is
even better as it simplifies the governance arrangements and will
make it easier to persuade corporate types who have already accepted
the GeoTools agreement and will not have to do any further due
diligence for GeoTools contributions.
And thanks to OpenPlans for agreeing to this change.
Kind regards,
Ben.
On 31/07/14 05:32, Jody Garnett wrote:
Here is the proposal:
* https://github.com/geoserver/__geoserver/wiki/GSIP-118
<https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GSIP-118>
I kind of like this move, especially as there is less work for
the PSC
contacting committers. I added in a proposed header change
showing what
our headers would look like.
Jody Garnett
On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Jody Garnett
<jody.garnett@anonymised.com <mailto:jody.garnett@anonymised.com>
<mailto:jody.garnett@anonymised.com
<mailto:jody.garnett@anonymised.com>__>> wrote:
So I put together the text for GSIP-116 (see the bottom of the
page):
https://github.com/geoserver/__geoserver/wiki/GSIP-116
<https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GSIP-116>
OpenPlans has seen these two agreements so it is okay put
them up.
However the long delays, combined with a change of
leadership at
OpenPlans, has resulted in an alternative being proposed
... OSGeo.
Advantages:
- A bit more reliable tracking paper work (great
improvement due to
new secretary)
- Contributor agreement already available, those who signed for
GeoTools are already covered
- Good community vibe
- More involved with GeoServer than OpenPlans
Cons:
- A bit more reliable tracking paper work (was hard to check on
contributors previous to current secretary)
- Mixed track record with respect to legal help (in the
past our
questions have been fielded by FSF)
- OSgeo has no active management of IP, it is up to us as
PSC to
check stuff as part of each release
I am going to bash up a proposal as GSIP-118 now (and will mark
GSIP-116 as deferred).
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