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We would like to add certain fragments of the "Colt" API which is licensed under a BSD style licensing.
http://dsd.lbl.gov/~hoschek/colt/license.html
How do we properly proceed?
Al Chou wrote:
Colt contains a port of much of JAMA, IIRC, and as Wolfgang posted not too long ago, Colt's new license is much more compatible with the Apache license. I'm not sure if it's sufficiently compatible for us to start merging in code, though.
Al
I think we should clarify our own position given his approval.
1.) I think the appropriate path is to discuss with Wolfgang and our Licensing list what is required to meet any ASF requirements that may exist. Licensing needs to clarify how we should proceed.
The challenge is what to do about any ASF polices concerning licensing adjustments, for which none of us are "knowledgeable".
2.) I think this is a exception to our policy of acknowledging authorship in the project documentation and not in the code. In this case I think we should attempt to maintain significant references to his project as the original source of any codebase additions added to the Commons math API.
3.) If ASF requires more stringent approval in writing, we request more formally to have Wolfgang fax in some sort of donation form to ASF.
-Mark
-- Mark Diggory Software Developer Harvard MIT Data Center http://www.hmdc.harvard.edu
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