OpenLayers Provenance Review - Revision history

Neteler: /* Sandbox */

2007-10-21T15:53:27Z

Sandbox

Wiki-Crschmidt at 04:58, 18 October 2007

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Wiki-Crschmidt at 20:26, 12 February 2007

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Wiki-Crschmidt at 06:37, 6 February 2007

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Wiki-Crschmidt: /* Provenance Review */

2007-02-06T06:33:23Z

Provenance Review

Wiki-Crschmidt at 06:21, 6 February 2007

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Wiki-Crschmidt at 06:18, 6 February 2007

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Wiki-Crschmidt at 06:09, 6 February 2007

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Wiki-Crschmidt at 06:09, 6 February 2007

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Wiki-Crschmidt at 06:08, 6 February 2007

2007-02-06T06:08:55Z

New page

== Committers ==

Erik Uzureau
Christopher R. Schmidt
John Frank
Schuyler Erle
Tim Schaub
Paul Spencer

Contributions have been made to the project by:

Corey Puffault
Jeff Dege
Sean Gilles
Arnd Wipperman

== Provenance Review ==

There are several tools used in OpenLayers development, which are not part of the code itself, but are included in the source tree for convenience.

* Test Another Way -- testing framework. BSD Licensed. Included in OpenLayers as run-tests.html in tests/ dir.
* jsmin.py/jsmin.c -- Javascript compression tools. BSD licensed. Included in OpenLayers tools directory: used only for building.
* Rico.Corner and Rico.Color -- libraries used for building more advanced UI components. Apache licensed. Included from Rico libraries as lib/Rico/Corner.js, lib/Rico/Color.js.
* lib/OpenLayers/Ajax.js, lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes.js and lib/OpenLayers/Events.js each use components which were originally included in the Prototype library. These components have been integrated directly into OpenLayers, and do not bear too much similarity to their Prototype source. Prototype is BSD licensed. These three files need to have Prototype information added to the headers of the source files.

All contributors to OpenLayers are required to file an ICLA or CCLA granting copyright to MetaCarta, Inc. before contributions can be included in the OpenLayers trunk. This policy has been enforced in all cases: no patches have been allowed to enter trunk without an attached copyright assignment agreement. Therefore, all OpenLayers code as released falls under the copyright of MetaCarta, Inc. Each Javascript file references the project repository-license.txt, and notes the copyright holder is MetaCarta, Inc.

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	The sandbox-license.txt file in SVN makes clear that the sandbox content is copyrighted to its authors and that no license is granted by MetaCarta or the OpenLayers project to this code.		The sandbox-license.txt file in SVN makes clear that the sandbox content is copyrighted to its authors and that no license is granted by MetaCarta or the OpenLayers project to this code.
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		+	[[Category: Incubation]]

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 Contributions have been made to the project by:
-* Corey Puffault
+* Howard Butler
 * Jeff Dege
 * Sean Gilles
-* Arnd Wipperman
+* Pierre Giraud
-* Phil Lindsay
+* Andreas Hocevar
 == Provenance Review ==
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 ** Rico.Corner and Rico.Color -- libraries used for building more advanced UI components. Apache licensed. Included from Rico libraries as lib/Rico/Corner.js, lib/Rico/Color.js.
 ** lib/OpenLayers/Ajax.js, lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes.js and lib/OpenLayers/Events.js each use components which were originally included in the Prototype library. These components have been integrated directly into OpenLayers, and do not bear too much similarity to their Prototype source. Prototype is BSD licensed. These three files need to have Prototype information added to the headers of the source files.
-** On inspection on Feb 6, 2007, each Javascript file in lib/OpenLayers referenced the project repository-license.txt, and notes the copyright holder is MetaCarta, Inc., and includes a copyright date.
+** On inspection on Oct 17, 2007 each Javascript file in lib/OpenLayers referenced the project repository-license.txt, and notes the copyright holder is MetaCarta, Inc., and includes a copyright date.
 * examples/
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 == Project License ==
-Currently, the OpenLayers project while under development is released under a modified BSD license, which includes an additional claim:
+  NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED LICENSES TO ANY PARTY'S PATENT RIGHTS ARE
+  GRANTED BY THIS LICENSE.
-This clause applies only to the code in the trunk/ repository until such a time as the code is released. When a release is prepared, all references to repository-license are changed to release-license, and the license on the API/hosted version of the OpenLayers code is always the release license, and not the repository license.
+The license is not different in any other way from the standard OSI approved BSD license.
-It is MetaCarta's hope that as part of the OSGeo incubation process, copyright of OpenLayers can be assigned to OSGeo, in which case the desire is to remove the repository-license from the repository entirely, moving back to the standard BSD license.
+An explanation of why this license is in use is available at http://labs.metacarta.com/license-explanation.html.
 == Sandbox ==
 Currently, OpenLayers hosts a 'sandbox' directory inside of the svn.openlayers.org repository. The content in this sandbox is not subject to the same standards of copyright provenance that the code in /trunk is: no ICLA is required to develop in a sandbox, and the copyright of code in the sandbox can not be assigned to OSGeo with the rest of the project. This SVN directory is designed to allow users to develop without a need for strict copyright concerns. At such time as the code in /sandbox migrates into trunk, it will undergo the code and provenance review neccesary to become part of the OpenLayers project. This is similar to the process by which patches are committed: a user adds a patch in Trac, files a CLA, and the code is then taken in as part of the OpenLayers code base.

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	It is MetaCarta's hope that as part of the OSGeo incubation process, copyright of OpenLayers can be assigned to OSGeo, in which case the desire is to remove the repository-license from the repository entirely, moving back to the standard BSD license.		It is MetaCarta's hope that as part of the OSGeo incubation process, copyright of OpenLayers can be assigned to OSGeo, in which case the desire is to remove the repository-license from the repository entirely, moving back to the standard BSD license.
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		+	== Sandbox ==
		+	Currently, OpenLayers hosts a 'sandbox' directory inside of the svn.openlayers.org repository. The content in this sandbox is not subject to the same standards of copyright provenance that the code in /trunk is: no ICLA is required to develop in a sandbox, and the copyright of code in the sandbox can not be assigned to OSGeo with the rest of the project. This SVN directory is designed to allow users to develop without a need for strict copyright concerns. At such time as the code in /sandbox migrates into trunk, it will undergo the code and provenance review neccesary to become part of the OpenLayers project. This is similar to the process by which patches are committed: a user adds a patch in Trac, files a CLA, and the code is then taken in as part of the OpenLayers code base.

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	All ICLA/CCLAs are then submitted to the PSC list, and kept on file by MetaCarta, Inc., and can be made available upon request.		All ICLA/CCLAs are then submitted to the PSC list, and kept on file by MetaCarta, Inc., and can be made available upon request.
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		+	== Project License ==
		+
		+	Currently, the OpenLayers project while under development is released under a modified BSD license, which includes an additional claim:
		+
		+	This license grants no rights to any components related to natural language
		+	processing, free text querying, or unstructured information retrieval. This
		+	license grants no rights to components that implement inventions on which
		+	MetaCarta has patents or has filed applications for patents.
		+
		+	This clause applies only to the code in the trunk/ repository until such a time as the code is released. When a release is prepared, all references to repository-license are changed to release-license, and the license on the API/hosted version of the OpenLayers code is always the release license, and not the repository license.
		+
		+	It is MetaCarta's hope that as part of the OSGeo incubation process, copyright of OpenLayers can be assigned to OSGeo, in which case the desire is to remove the repository-license from the repository entirely, moving back to the standard BSD license.

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 There are several tools used in OpenLayers development, which are not part of the code itself, but are included in the source tree for convenience.
-* Test Another Way -- testing framework. BSD Licensed. Included in OpenLayers as run-tests.html in tests/ dir.
+* tests/ directory:
-* jsmin.py/jsmin.c -- Javascript compression tools. BSD licensed. Included in OpenLayers tools directory: used only for building.
+** Test Another Way -- testing framework. BSD Licensed. Included in OpenLayers as run-tests.html in this directory.
-* Rico.Corner and Rico.Color -- libraries used for building more advanced UI components. Apache licensed. Included from Rico libraries as lib/Rico/Corner.js, lib/Rico/Color.js.
+** All other files in this directory are copyright MetaCarta, Inc. and are released under the BSD license of the project. The test files do not have copyright headers.
-All contributors to OpenLayers are required to file an ICLA or CCLA granting copyright to MetaCarta, Inc. before contributions can be included in the OpenLayers trunk. This policy has been enforced in all cases: no patches have been allowed to enter trunk without an attached copyright assignment agreement. Therefore, all OpenLayers code as released falls under the copyright of MetaCarta, Inc.
+* tools/
-On inspection on Feb 6, 2007, each Javascript file referenced the project repository-license.txt, and notes the copyright holder is MetaCarta, Inc., and includes a copyright date.
+* lib/
 == ICLA/CCLA ==

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	On inspection on Feb 6, 2007, each Javascript file referenced the project repository-license.txt, and notes the copyright holder is MetaCarta, Inc., and includes a copyright date.		On inspection on Feb 6, 2007, each Javascript file referenced the project repository-license.txt, and notes the copyright holder is MetaCarta, Inc., and includes a copyright date.
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		+	== ICLA/CCLA ==
		+
		+	Before a contribution from a given user is accepted into the OpenLayers repository, the user contributing must fill out one of either a:
		+
		+	* "Individual Contributor License Agreement" -- http://openlayers.org/icla.txt
		+	* "Corporate Contributor License Agreement" -- http://openlayers.org/ccla.txt
		+
		+	These files are framed largely on the Apache Foundation's ICLA/CCLA documents, with only minor changes to accomodate for the difference in OpenLayers project.
		+
		+	All ICLA/CCLAs are then submitted to the PSC list, and kept on file by MetaCarta, Inc., and can be made available upon request.

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	* lib/OpenLayers/Ajax.js, lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes.js and lib/OpenLayers/Events.js each use components which were originally included in the Prototype library. These components have been integrated directly into OpenLayers, and do not bear too much similarity to their Prototype source. Prototype is BSD licensed. These three files need to have Prototype information added to the headers of the source files.		* lib/OpenLayers/Ajax.js, lib/OpenLayers/BaseTypes.js and lib/OpenLayers/Events.js each use components which were originally included in the Prototype library. These components have been integrated directly into OpenLayers, and do not bear too much similarity to their Prototype source. Prototype is BSD licensed. These three files need to have Prototype information added to the headers of the source files.

−	All contributors to OpenLayers are required to file an ICLA or CCLA granting copyright to MetaCarta, Inc. before contributions can be included in the OpenLayers trunk. This policy has been enforced in all cases: no patches have been allowed to enter trunk without an attached copyright assignment agreement. Therefore, all OpenLayers code as released falls under the copyright of MetaCarta, Inc. ~~Each~~ Javascript file ~~references~~ the project repository-license.txt, and notes the copyright holder is MetaCarta, Inc.	+	All contributors to OpenLayers are required to file an ICLA or CCLA granting copyright to MetaCarta, Inc. before contributions can be included in the OpenLayers trunk. This policy has been enforced in all cases: no patches have been allowed to enter trunk without an attached copyright assignment agreement. Therefore, all OpenLayers code as released falls under the copyright of MetaCarta, Inc.
		+
		+	On inspection on Feb 6, 2007, each Javascript file referenced the project repository-license.txt, and notes the copyright holder is MetaCarta, Inc., and includes a copyright date.

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 == Committers ==
-Erik Uzureau
+* Erik Uzureau
-Christopher R. Schmidt
+* Christopher R. Schmidt
-John Frank
+* John Frank
-Schuyler Erle
+* Schuyler Erle
-Tim Schaub
+* Tim Schaub
-Paul Spencer
+* Paul Spencer
 Contributions have been made to the project by:
-Corey Puffault
+* Corey Puffault
-Jeff Dege
+* Jeff Dege
-Sean Gilles
+* Sean Gilles
-Arnd Wipperman
+* Arnd Wipperman
 == Provenance Review ==