1. The files in external/*-license.txt have everything we need. They also have the 'License:' header. I don't know why the files from nbbuild/licenses are used for the summary when we could use the files from external dependencies -license.txt.
2. MIT might be special, but nbbuild/licenses/BSD-INRIA is also plain BSD (except the 'Copyright' line, of course). Really, I don't understand: 1. What is the purpose of the 'License:' header we have in external/*-license.txt files? 2. What is the purpose of nbbuild/licenses/ files vs external/*-license.txt files. Why the duplicates? The way I see it nbbuild/licenses are 'families'. And the 'License:' header in external/*-license.txt points to a family. A changing author line doesn't change the license itself / the license family. --emi ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On 17 June 2018 10:10 PM, Matthias Bläsing <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Am Sonntag, den 17.06.2018, 14:57 -0400 schrieb Emilian Bold: > > > But the 'License:' header already represents a 'family'. That's why > > > > MIT-validator should not exist in nbbuild/licenses: it's just the > > > > plain MIT license with a particular author. > > beware! The file from licenses is used for the summary license for the > > release. So if you only include the generic text, you are dropping > > essential information from the license. > > Many licenses have no varying parts (ALv2, GPLv2, CDDL 1.0 and 1.1), > > for these you can use a generic file, but for the MIT case, the > > Copyright line is from my understanding part of the license and we > > can't just drop that. > > BUT I'm not a lawyer, it is just my interpretation. So it would be > > great if others could chime in. > > Greetings > > Matthias > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
