[dpdk-moving] Minutes from "Moving DPDK to Linux Foundation" call, November 29th

[Dave Neary]

On 12/01/2016 01:41 PM, Dave Neary wrote:
>> Note that I’m assuming that the combination of Apache 2 and a CLA isn't an option because this seems redundant as both include patent protection. Maybe there are other reasons that would make this a valid combination though.
> 
> The Apache Software Foundation requires CLAs with copyright assignment
> to the foundation for official Apache projects - this is to allow for
> future license changes (an Apache v3 license), and also reflects some of
> the difficulties of a 30 year old project (several of the original
> copyright holders are no longer with the project, or have died, and the
> succession rights for copyright materials can sometimes result in
> unfortunate conflicts between the estates and open source projects).

A small but important correction: The ASF CLA is a grant of a broad
copyright license which allows, among other things, the ASF to
redistribute the software under a different license. It is not a
copyright assignment.

Thanks,
Dave.

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