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Hi Stef,

On 5/11/2012 4:56 PM, Stefano Maffulli wrote:
> Since it was mentioned on the other list:
>> Article VIII, Section 1.
>> The Project shall not accept contributions of software code unless
>> such contribution is made on the terms of the Apache 2.0 license
> What happens if Apache Software License 2.0 is obsoleted, by court order
> or upgraded by ASF?
>
> Does it make sense to leave in the bylaws the generic principle for the
> license of choice and leave to the board the honor to define the actual
> license based on the best available possibility at the time?

If that happens, then the bylaws can be changed via Article X, Section 
1, (i):

A motion to amend Article VIII (/Intellectual Property Policy/) shall be 
adopted only if approved by each of the following: (A) a two-thirds 
(2/3)vote of the Platinum Membership, (B) a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the 
Gold Membership, and (C) a majority vote of the Individual Membership in 
which at least twenty five percent (25%) of the Individual Membership 
participates. A change in Article VIII (/Intellectual Property Policy/) 
shall be effective beginning thirty (30) days following the completion 
of all votes approving the motion, and shall apply only to Project 
contributions made after the effective time of the change;

A deprecation of the Apache License is just the sort of thing that would 
likely give rise to this super-majority.

Thanks,
Van

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