[Go-essp-tech] Gateway open source license

[Nathan Wilhelmi]

Hi Roland,

Here it is: 
https://wiki.ucar.edu/download/attachments/69372745/cla-v3.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1299887266000

-Nate

Roland Schweitzer wrote:
> Thank Nate.  Could you send out the CLA to the list or to me?
>
> Roland
>
> On 05/19/2011 11:09 PM, Nathan Wilhelmi wrote:
>   
>> Hi Colleagues,
>>
>> Back in April we announced the 1.3-M4 release of the gateway, including
>> mention that the Apache 2.0 license had been applied to the codebase.
>> Not everyone noticed that, so we summarized that at the GO-ESSP event
>> last week and wanted to note it here as well.
>>
>> It was a surprising amount of work to get this done. We considered
>> various open source models and licenses, working with our legal counsel
>> throughout the process. This resulted in having to review 130+ third
>> party code licenses for distribution/usage rights and license
>> compatibility. We had to replace a few components along the way. At this
>> point, we feel confident that due diligence has been done.
>>
>> As many of you are probably aware research institutions are coming under
>> increased scrutiny for export control compliance. NCAR is no exception,
>> during this process we also had to go through an export control review
>> as the code contained encryption libraries.
>>
>> Much has been drawn from the Apache Foundation, including the
>> development of a simplified Contributor License Agreement (CLA). There
>> have been a few questions about this, so I wanted to explain a bit. It
>> basically protects and benefits all parties as well as the community
>> code. It ensures that contributions from multiple organizations can be
>> modified as needed and distributed to the community. It also removes the
>> need for a contributor to assign copyright to another organization.
>> Instead, the contributor simply provides permission to include their
>> contribution while retaining copyright _and_ the right to use the
>> contribution for their own purposes freely. Again, thanks to Apache for
>> this nice instrument.
>>
>> If you have any questions or comments, please let us know.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> -Nate
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