Rick Hillegas wrote: > I hope that David can commit the work for DERBY-1377 before we cut the > 10.2 branch next week. Unfortunately, I think David is stuck because > it's unclear what's required. Here's where I think this issue stands: > > UNRESOLVED ISSUES: > > 1) Do we need to add license headers to our build scripts, property > files, README files, and other human-readable files which currently > don't have copyright notices? Or are these files excluded under the > rubric of "file without any degree of creativity"? Does some other > escape-clause exlude these files? > > 2) Should the IBM copyrights migrate from the COPYRIGHT to the NOTICE > file? If so, who is authorized to move these copyrights?
Yes. I will move them and remove the COPYRIGHT FILE. The rule for copyright statments is the owner has to remove them or give permission for them to be removed. > 3) Are there other unclear issues? One clear issue that no-one has mentioned. Based upon the guidelines at http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html we should no longer commit any contribution that has a copyright statement in it. E.g. a new file should not be accepted if it has a copyright statement in it. The owner of the copyright needs to remove the statement, so it's not as easy as the committer simply deleting it. I don't think there are any other issues outstanding. Dan.
