IHE Testing and Tools Committee Teleconference Minutes 2008-04-21
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Attendees
- Geert Claeys - Agfa
- Cor Loef - Philips
- David Monteau - INRIA
- Steve Moore - MIR
- Chris Carr - RSNA
- Didi Davis - HIMSS
- Joan McMillen - RSNA
Agenda
Licensing Terms for Gazelle Project
- Apache 2.0 or Eclipse License?
- Considered differences between two licenses:
- Apache 2.0 is more "permissive" in the sense that it poses minimal restrictions on redistribution and distribution of derivative works: Requires attribution only
- Eclipse license is more restrictive (or "viral") in that it requires all derivative versions ("additions" and "modifications") to be released under the same Eclipse license
- Eclipse does make allowance for "modules" that are distinct from "the Program" and that can be release under separate licensing terms
- Would introduce the problem of sorting out what contributions were the Program vs modules: Everything on INRIA forge constitutes the Program?
- Even the "attribution only" model might prevent some contributors from putting their code on the forge (eg, NIST)
- Difficult to determine whether additional restrictions of Eclipse license would pose an obstacle to contributors, but this does seem possible
- Voted on the current committee members' preference between the two proposed licenses:
- Apache 2.0 was the preferred license selected (Apache 2.0: 2 votes; Eclipse: 1 vote; 3 abstentions)
- Action: Chris will announce outcome to the committee list and invite any objections/alternatives before moving forward with contributor agreements, etc. based on the license
Contributor's Agreement
David Monteau's draft agreements for:
Committee Governance
Membership Application
Inventory of Tools
Topics for Next Call
- April 28, 8:30 am CDT