Re: [tdf-discuss] Oracle Contributor Agreement and LibreOffice contributions

Hello Christophe, 

Le Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:28:43 +0100,
Christophe Strobbe <christophe.strobbe@esat.kuleuven.be> a écrit :

> Hi,
>
> I have a question about licences and copyright. As many of you know, 
> contributing code to the core of OpenOffice.org requires that one 
> signs the Oracle Contributor Agreement [1] (which is identical to the 
> Sun Contributor Agreement). Extensions are exempt from this [2].

So, IANAL, I'm not Oracle, this is not a TDF official statement, don't
put your cat in the microwave, etc, etc....

> 1. Now imagine that I contribute code to LibreOffice and the 
> contribution is accepted. Is it then still acceptable (from a 
> copyright point of view) to sign the Oracle Contributor Agreement and 
> submit the same code to OpenOffice.org?

Yes. 

> 2. Conversely, if I sign the Oracle Contributor Agreement and submit 
> code (and it gets accepted, otherwise the copyright reverts to me), 
> can I then still submit the same code to LibreOffice or would that 
> cause problems for LibreOffice (because Oracle now shares copyright 
> of the code I submitted)?

Yes. Actually that's what we do when we "pull" the OOo codebase over to
us. 

> 2.b. Can I contribute the code to LibreOffice while the acceptance of 
> my patch to OpenOffice.org is still pending?

Yes. 


Best,
Charles. 







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