Apache License in Code
xoops at herkocoomans.net
xoops at herkocoomans.net
Thu Mar 31 07:06:12 UTC 2005
Quoting Russell Nelson <nelson at crynwr.com>:
> Stuart Murdock writes:
> > I have a pretty basic question on the distribution and development of
> > code and it's licensing.
>
> It's unfortunately not that basic. How do you know that the person
> who did the commit of the license had the authority to do so? A very
> firm requirement of the law for anybody to enter into an agreement is
> that they understand that they are doing so. You really need to talk
> to a lawyer about the specific details of this case before you can get
> a usable answer.
>
In fact, that is why the Apache Software Foundation has the Contributor
License
Agreements, to have a contract that says the contributor had that specific
authority...
Herko
XOOPS.org project manager
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