Bertrand Delacretaz created NETBEANS-54:
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Summary: Clarify the status of donated files from
ApacheNetBeansDonation1.zip
Key: NETBEANS-54
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-54
Project: NetBeans
Issue Type: Bug
Reporter: Bertrand Delacretaz
Reviewing the software grant [1] provided with the first NetBeans code
donation, my understanding is that not all files found in that zip are donated.
The grant indicates that the contents of that file [2] ("Code File") are
donated "excluding any third-party and separately licensed material contained
within the Code File".
I don't think we can consider that code ready to release as is, due to the
uncertainty that this creates w.r.t to which files are donated and which are
not.
The zip archive contains about 45'000 files.
I see the following options:
a) Review all files and include only those which are not "third-party and
separately licensed material". How such files are identified needs to be
defined and documented, either in scripts under version control or as a set of
rules. The review process must be documented and traceable, so that we can go
back to it if problems are found in the future.
b) Get an updated grant which does not mention such exclusions.
If someone sees other options please discuss here or on the NetBeans dev list,
referencing this ticket.
[1] in svn under private/documents/grants/oracle-america-netbeans.pdf , ASF
members have access
[2] SHA256(ApacheNetBeansDonation1.zip)=
7f2ca0f61953a190613c9a0fbcc1b034084b04a4d55d23c02cefffc354e7c24a
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