On 2003-07-11 Norman Walsh wrote: > David Crossley was heard to say: > | While trying to build the XML Commons website, i am running > | into quite a lot of issues. > | > | Licenses is one issue. I was first attracted by some tricky > | copyright bits in the Resolver documentation, but ended up finding > | some discrepancies elsewhere too. > > Um, I'll be happy to try to straighten out the resolver bits.
Thanks Norm, i have applied the suggested changes to the resolver side of things. Waiting on the PMC for the other issues (4.5 down, 13.5 to go). More discussion below ... > [...] > | ------------------------------------------------------- > | 4) xml-commons/java/src/org/apache/xml/resolver/LICENSE > | ---------- > | * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1 > | * > | * > | * Copyright (c) 2001 The Apache Software Foundation. All rights > | * reserved. > | ... > | ---------- > | > | This has different text to 1) and a different way to define "year" > | (which is still 2001). It refers to "Xalan" rather than "Apache" > | and additionally refers to IBM. I wonder if that is a relic from > | copying another license. > > I'm sure it is. When I moved it to Apache I was told it had to have > the Apache Software License in every file, so I "cut-and-pasted" it > from another file. I must have chosen my source poorly. > > I suggest it be globally replaced with the proper license. Done. > [...] > | ------------------------------------------------------- > | 6) xml-commons/java/src/org/apache/xml/resolver/*.java > | > | These have embedded license as per 4) > | i.e. they mention Xalan and IBM and still say "2001". > | > | A couple of files say "Lotus" instead of IBM. > | > | If 4) is replaced by 1) then these headers would change too. > > Yes. Done. > | ------------------------------------------------------- > | 7) xml-commons/java/tests/resolver/src/*.java > | ---------- > | > | These have embedded license as per 4) > | i.e. they mention Xalan and IBM and still say "2001". > > Ditto. Done. > | ------------------------------------------------------- > | 8) xml-commons/java/docs/resolver.xml > | ---------- > | > | The entity resolver article has had many lives. > | Now there is this version at xml-commons. > > It has indeed. > > | The document has the following explicit copyright statements, which > | will get rendered when Forrest generates the HTML documentation. > | ---------- > | Copyright © 2001, 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. > | Copyright © 2000 Arbortext, Inc. > | ---------- > | Do we just add "2003 ASF" as an additional holder? > | > | Forrest will also automatically add this to the bottom > | of the page footer ... > | ---------- > | Copyright © 2003 The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved. > | ---------- > | I presume that that sits okay with the abovementioned explicit > | statements for past years > > I'm comfortable that it does. If something more explicit than my > comfort is required, then I can pursue it. Okay, i have added ASF for 2003. The PMC can please speak up if something else is required. > Or I can pull this doc out > of the repository and just publish it separately, but I'd rather not. Please keep it here in xml-commons. This is the main reason that i am trying to help get the xml-commons website published. The resolver is such an important tool. > | Also this Resolver article links to a copyright.html which > | does not exist. Should this link to the licence at 5) ? > > Yes, that's fine. This is not yet done, as i need to find a way to get Forrest to link to documents in other parts of the tree. (I meant link to item 3 of course, not 5.) > | ------------------------------------------------------- > | 9) xml-commons/java/docs/release-notes.xml > | ---------- > | > | The resolver release notes have the copyright holder as Sun. > | Perhaps this should be only ASF because the notes cover the > | xml-commons release of Resolver. > > Yeah, I probably forgot to cut-and-paste that one. Fixed. Thanks again Norm --David
