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WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best interests of the Foundation and consistent with the Foundation's purpose that the Foundation receives assignment of copyright of all contributions to the Foundation NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors does affirm that ownership of copyright by the ASF is in the best interest of the Foundation, and will work to create documentation and agreements for contributors to the ASF incorporating this basic principle. Special Order B, Affirm Intent to Own Copyright to all ASF Distributions, was tabled.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best
interests of the Foundation and consistent with the
Foundation's purpose that the Foundation receives assignment
of copyright of all contributions to the Foundation
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors does
affirm that ownership of copyright by the ASF is in the best interest of
the Foundation, and will work to create documentation and agreements
for contributors to the ASF incorporating this basic principle.
The above resolution created some discussion, not on the
basic principles, but on how it would affect the current
impact on new and proposed projects. In particular, such basic
questions as whether this meant that any and all
new projects would have to be "delayed for inclusion" until
the legal ramifications of owning copyright and how it
affects the current codebase of all ASF projects. A vote
was held on whether the ASF should, for the short time being,
continue "business as usual" regarding the form and wording
of the ASF Copyright statement as well as accepting new
projects, codebases and contributions, until such time that
these questions are answered to satisfaction. A vote of Yea
was for continuing "business as usual;" Nay was for holding
off until the questions have been answered.
Yea: Brian, Dirk, Jim, Stefano, Sander
Nay: Ken, Geir
By majority vote, the issue passed. It should be noted that
all directors agreed very strongly that the copyright issue
is extremely important and a high priority issue to be
resolved. It is expected that discussion will be held via
the mailing lists regarding this in anticipation of a final
resolution in time for the November board meeting.