[llvm-foundation] Status of re-license?

Zachary Turner via llvm-foundation llvm-foundation at lists.llvm.org
Tue Jul 28 16:13:16 PDT 2020


What does this mean in terms of new contributors?  In order to be licensed
under both old and new license, there should be some kind of CLA involved
I’m assuming.  But I don’t see anything.  What do i tell my legal
department?

On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 5:52 AM Robinson, Paul <paul.robinson at sony.com>
wrote:

> The process is still in progress. The online documentation is accurate.
>
> Well, except for the January 2019 date.  It would be good to update that
> to a more sensible target.
>
> --paulr
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> *From:* llvm-foundation <llvm-foundation-bounces at lists.llvm.org> *On
> Behalf Of *Hal Finkel via llvm-foundation
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2020 1:51 AM
> *To:* Zachary Turner <zturner at roblox.com>; llvm-foundation at lists.llvm.org
> *Subject:* Re: [llvm-foundation] Status of re-license?
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> On 7/24/20 8:35 PM, Zachary Turner via llvm-foundation wrote:
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> Hi, I'd like to make a contribution.  As it is currently written, I do not
> understand the requirements for being able to contribute a patch.
>
>
>
> This page
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/llvm.org/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html*relicensing__;Iw!!JmoZiZGBv3RvKRSx!tTB6fptPB67Jr1XkdBJ1hFHiXdGmACITgQwclIU7qFlG5RHS61Gh0seceHmtxqQ5FQ$> seems
> to suggest that all contributions are currently being licensed under both
> the old and new license.
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> > In the interim, *all contributions to the project will be made under
> the terms of both the new license and the legacy license scheme* (each of
> which is described below).
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> And there is no indication that this has been completed.  On this page
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/llvm.org/foundation/relicensing/__;!!JmoZiZGBv3RvKRSx!tTB6fptPB67Jr1XkdBJ1hFHiXdGmACITgQwclIU7qFlG5RHS61Gh0seceHmd_yEI8g$>,
> at the bottom, it says that the aim is to have this completed by January
> 2019.  If it has been completed, I don't think it has been communicated
> well, because all public facing documentation still refers to it being in
> progress.
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> The process is still in progress. The online documentation is accurate.
>
>  -Hal
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>
> Could you offer some guidance on what the current status of the re-license
> is and how I should communicate this to my company's legal department?
>
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> --
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> Hal Finkel
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