[Freeipa-devel] contribution policy draft

Stephen Gallagher sgallagh at redhat.com
Wed Jul 22 11:00:09 UTC 2009


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On 07/22/2009 01:20 AM, Karsten Wade wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 06:31:31AM -0400, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> 
>> Karsten, I'd also like to put together something similar for the SSSD
>> contribution page (not currently existing in any useful form). The SSSD
>> has some different licensing requirements, however. While all portions
>> of the server should be GPL (version debatable), we have several shared
>> libraries that need to be LGPL, and we also have a nebulous set of
>> plugins that are loaded by server-processes*. These last present a
>> somewhat troublesome legal question.
> 
> Stephen:
> 
> Have you had a chance to talk with RHT Legal about this?  What I'd
> recommend is that we forward the details and make an appointment with
> Richard Fontana; I think the high-bandwidth of a phone call works
> especially well with lawyers, unless it's all clear to him via email.
> We can report back here the results; I'd like to participate as part
> of coordinating license and contribution policies.
> 
> If that sounds good, I can forward your email and see where it leads
> us next; I'm widely available for a call.
> 
> - Karsten
> 
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I have not yet had a chance to do so. Please, by all means, start the
ball rolling on this. I can be available for a phone call between 0700-
1800 EDT almost any weekday.

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