SahanaCamp NYC Day 2 PM: Partnerships with the Sahana Software Foundation

1. SahanaCamp NYC
Partnerships with the Sahana Software Foundation
May 23, 2012
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2. Getting Involved with
the Sahana Community
Our Vision is to build and sustain a global open and
collaborative community of contributors to information and
communications technologies for disaster management. To
this end, we support:
Google Summer of Codetm / Google Code-Intm
Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) / GWOB Hackathons
Grace Hopper Celebration Open Source Day and Codeathon
H-FOSS Project & ISCRAM Partnership
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3. Unique Development Model:
Virtuous Circle of Contributions
Traditional Open Source Development Model
Branch for Org B
TRUNK
Branch for Org A
Can result in multiple branches, each needing
support and expertise to maintain
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4. Unique Development Model:
Virtuous Circle of Contributions
Sahana Open Source Development Model:
Org B Branch
TRUNK
Org A Branch
Features & fixes developed by one organization are
available to all future Sahana users
Enabled by Sahana Software Foundation's 501(c)(3)
status & supported by: Software Grant Agreements &
Contributor License Agreements
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5. Licensing
Sahana Eden – MIT license
Sahana Agasti – LGPL license
Contributor License Agreement
Software Grant Agreement
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6. MIT License
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders>
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this
software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software
without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify,
merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or
substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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7. LGPL version 2.1
Used by Sahana Agasti projects
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html
Major elements:
Requires source code to be distributed along with the license
Gives permission to use, modify, redistribute under same terms
Allows software to be linked to non-open source licensed
software without restriction.
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8. Contributor License
Agreements
Clearly defines the terms under which intellectual property has been
contributed to the SSF
Provides a perpetual non-exclusive grant of copyright and patent
license by the contributor to SSF
Serves to protect everyone's rights and ensures SSF can legally and
publicly redistribute Sahana code.
SSF requires CLAs from Directors, Members, PMC Members and
anyone wishing to contribute code to SSF; enforced by PMCs.
For a corporation that has assigned employees to work on a Sahana
Software Foundation project, a Corporate CLA is available for
contributing intellectual property.
A Corporate CLA does not remove the need for every developer to
sign their own CLA as an individual, to cover any of their
contributions which are not owned by the corporation.
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9. Software Grant Agreement
Used when an individual or corporation decides to
donate a body of existing software or
documentation to an SSF project.
Grants SSF a non-exclusive copyright and patent
license to the software.
Vehicle for organization's to contribute back
enhancements they make to SSF, completing the
“Virtuous Circle of Contributions.”
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10. Software Grant Agreement
Template
This License Agreement is entered into as of the XX day of MONTH, YEAR by (NAME OF LICENSOR (“Licensor”), in favor of The
Sahana Software Foundation, a California nonprofit membership corporation (the “Foundation”).
WHEREAS, Licensor owns or has sufficient rights to contribute the software source code and other related intellectual property as
itemized on Exhibit A (“Software”) under the terms of this agreement to the Foundation for use within Foundation software
development projects (“Projects”).
NOW, THEREFORE, FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
1. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, Licensor hereby grants to the Foundation :
a) a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display,
publicly perform, distribute and sublicense, internally and externally, the Software and such derivative works, in source code and
object code form; and,
b) a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable patent license under Licensed Patents to make, use, sell, offer to sell, import
and otherwise transfer the Software in source code and object code form. “Licensed Patents” mean patent claims owned by Licensor
which are necessarily infringed by the use or sale of the Software alone.
2. Licensor represents that, to Licensor's knowledge, Licensor is legally entitled to grant the above license. Licensor agrees to notify
the Foundation of any facts or circumstances of which Licensor becomes aware and which makes or would make Licensor 's
representations in this License Agreement inaccurate in any respect.
3. This Software is provided AS-IS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NEITHER THE LICENSOR NOR ITS SUPPLIERS WILL BE LIABLE TO THE FOUNDATION OR ITS LICENSEES FOR
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST
PROFITS), HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE WORK OR THE EXERCISE OF ANY
RIGHTS GRANTED HEREUNDER, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
This License Agreement is the entire agreement of the parties with respect to its subject matter, and may only be amended by a
writing signed by each party. This License Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be
considered an original.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Licensor has executed this License Agreement as of the date first written above.
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11. Community Resources
Mailing Lists:
http://wiki.sahanafoundation.org/doku.php/community:mailing_lists
General Sahana Discussion List:
discuss@lists.sahanafoundation.org
Developer Lists:
Eden: sahana-eden@googlegroups.com
Agasti: agasti@lists.sahanafoundation.org
Wiki (contains technical and user documentation):
Main SSF wiki: http://wiki.sahanafoundation.org
Eden wiki: http://eden.sahanafoundation.org
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12. Community Resources
IRC (Internet Relay Chat):
http://wiki.sahanafoundation.org/doku.php/community :chat
#sahana, #sahana-meeting
#sahana-agasti, #sahana-eden
Webchat: http://webchat.freenode.net
Community Meetings – held Monthly:
http://wiki.sahanafoundation.org/doku.php/community:meeting
Community Call – 2nd Sunday @ 1600 UTC & 2nd
Tuesday @ 0300 UTC
Sahana Eden – first Wednesday @ 2130 UTC
Sahana Agasti – third Tuesday @ 1600 UTC
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