> -----Original Message----- > From: Chip Childers [mailto:chip.child...@sungard.com] > Sent: maandag 28 januari 2013 16:53 > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Changes to our LICENSE and NOTICE file > > On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Chip Childers > <chip.child...@sungard.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > <sarcasm>Because legal documentation is so much fun for > > everyone</sarcasm>, I'd like to get a reaction to the following: > > > > As part of releasing 4.0.0-incubating, we got some feedback from the > > IPMC around the LICENSE and NOTICE file contents. [1] Specifically, > > the question was raised about removing the license and notice data for > > > > For the purpose of resolving this in the 4.0 branch, I made a commit > > [2] that added the following heading prior to listing binary > > dependencies that are packaged in the reference package spec / deb: > > > > Binary or packaged versions of this software (including versions built > > from > > source) contain third party resources (as listed below). > > > > Recently, the general@i.a.o and legal-discuss@a.o lists have been > > talking about how to help new projects understand how to do LICENSE > > and NOTICE files correctly. Those discussions resulted in a new page > > [3] on the a.o/dev site, which has further reiterated the concerns > > raised during our vote. > > > > Leaving the 4.0 branch alone, I'd like to make the following changes > > within master: > > * Remove all binary dependency license and notice info from the top > > level LICENSE and NOTICE files in our source tree > > * Create two copies of the Whisker descriptor.xml file (stored in > > tools/whisker), one that can be used to regenerate the source distro's > > LICENSE and NOTICE files, and one that can generate an appropriate > > LICENSE and NOTICE file for a packaged version of the software. > > * Generate and commit the package LICENSE and NOTICE file to the > > tools/whisker folder. > > * Ask that the folks working on packaging take the (to be committed) > > tools/whisker/LICENSE and tools/whisker/NOTICE files as the correct > > legal documents to include with the package installation. > > > > After those steps, I'd like to get Whisker working as part of the > > build... but I think that can wait for a bit more time (another > > release). Also, the packaging process should probably be provided > > with the EXACT legal docs needed for each package, instead of a > > general purpose ones that include all source and binary legal docs. > > Again, I think this can wait for the next release as well. > > > > I'll proceed with the changes next week, baring any objections. I'll > > follow up with Wido, Noa and Hugo on the packaging of the legal docs > > after I get the rest sorted. > > > > -chip > > > > [1] http://markmail.org/message/tgdidqzsceatfjo3 > > [2] > > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=incubator-cloudstack.git;a=c > > ommitdiff;h=1434ade39597a48976268d27eba94b280755b9a2 > > [3] http://www.apache.org/dev/licensing-howto.html > > > The changes in master are done. > > Wido, Hugo and Noa, can you please take a look at pulling the > tools/whisker/LICENSE and tools/whisker/NOTICE files into the packages as > the correct legal docs for their content? We may also need to change the > descriptor-for-packaging.xml file to correctly note the location of the > artifacts.
Yup, will do. Will discuss packaging with Noa and Wido Friday. > > -chip
