I think so. It'd be better for someone who hasn't seen the current file to do the code cleanup. But I don't think that's a blocker.
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 4:45 PM, Niels Basjes <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > It has been about 1 week now. > Zoltan has put up a pull request correcting the copyright issue very > quickly last week. > > Unfortunately I haven't seen any response from Thiruvalluvan M G < > [email protected]> yet. > Since his changes were very simple (basic code cleanup) I propose we do the > following so we can cleanup the codebase and close the issues/pull requests > related to all of this. > > 1) I do a git revert on the two affected files and simply rollback his > changes. So "the changes made under the wrong license" are gone. > 2) I merge the fix by Zoltan to correct the licenses. > 3) I cleanup the code (now under the correct license). > 4) I include the related things that have already been checked. > > At this point I am unsure: Is this a valid way (from a licensing > perspective) to fix this? > > Niels > > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 6:36 PM, Suraj Acharya <[email protected]> wrote: > >> As part of the release we do run the rat plugin. >> So it is a highly unlikely this would have been run through a release. >> However, changing it now is a great addition since the release manager has >> to go through the whole license check for all of the files. >> Also, as Sean mentioned anyone who has made any changes to the file after >> the addition of the license will also need to be informed of the change to >> the license. >> >> Thanks >> >> Suraj >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 2:49 AM, Niels Basjes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Hi all, >> > >> > After we hear back from Thiru I would like Zoltan to fix these 4 files. >> > >> > lang/java/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/compiler/ >> > schema/SchemaVisitorAction.java >> > lang/java/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/compiler/ >> > schema/SchemaVisitor.java >> > lang/java/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/compiler/ >> > schema/Schemas.java >> > lang/java/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/compiler/ >> > schema/CloningVisitor.java >> > >> > See: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2118 >> > >> > After those have been fixed we can commit this change (guys, please >> review >> > this. Thanks.) >> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2119 >> > >> > Niels Basjes >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 11:11 AM, Niels Basjes <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > Hi all, >> > > >> > > I had a closer look at the code base. >> > > >> > > Most important: >> > > 1) I have found these files only in the master branch. >> > > 2) I checked both release 1.8.2 and 1.7.7 and in these files are NOT >> > > present in any of those releases. ( >> > > So we're ok on this part. >> > > >> > > I have found exactly 2 files with this problem: >> > > ./lang/java/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/compiler/ >> > > schema/SchemaVisitorAction.java >> > > ./lang/java/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/compiler/ >> > > schema/SchemaVisitor.java >> > > >> > > I have found 1 additional commit that touches these two files: >> > > >> > > https://github.com/apache/avro/commit/9132015450a2ad6f56cd582b393e8f >> > > 1b8df573c9 >> > > >> > > commit 9132015450a2ad6f56cd582b393e8f1b8df573c9 >> > >> Author: Thiruvalluvan M G <[email protected]> >> > >> AuthorDate: Sun Apr 30 21:02:02 2017 +0530 >> > >> Commit: Thiruvalluvan M G <[email protected]> >> > >> CommitDate: Sun Apr 30 23:31:29 2017 +0530 >> > >> Added more tests and fixed a couple of bugs. Also formatted the >> code >> > > >> > > >> > > In both these files the only changes are: >> > > - Removing the author tag >> > > - Whitespace changes. >> > > >> > > See: >> > > https://github.com/apache/avro/commit/9132015450a2ad6f56cd582b393e8f >> > > 1b8df573c9#diff-d0adffb4097a1e43917fd5c3f2aae1ab >> > > https://github.com/apache/avro/commit/9132015450a2ad6f56cd582b393e8f >> > > 1b8df573c9#diff-ced3f0d25217ef63c2f2ea09a8b60e92 >> > > >> > > @Thiru: To be 100% sure: You agree with changing these two files to the >> > > Apache license? >> > > >> > > Niels Basjes >> > > >> > > >> > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 6:47 PM, Sean Busbey <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > >> > >> In addition to Zoltan we'll need to confirm anyone else who has >> modified >> > >> the files. >> > >> >> > >> On Dec 13, 2017 11:46, "Sean Busbey" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> > Have these files made it into a release? >> > >> > >> > >> > On Dec 13, 2017 10:18, "Niels Basjes" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> >> Zoltan, >> > >> >> >> > >> >> Because the copyright notice now says you own it I guess the best >> way >> > >> to >> > >> >> approach this is is when you put up a pull request with all those >> > files >> > >> >> files having a new license header. >> > >> >> That way it is clear that you made the license switch. I think this >> > >> should >> > >> >> be a separate jira to document this clearly. >> > >> >> >> > >> >> What do you guys think about this approach? >> > >> >> >> > >> >> @Nandor / Gabor: I'll put up a ticket that we should run rat much >> > more >> > >> >> often (for both 1.8 and master). (i.e. no longer only in separate >> > >> profile >> > >> >> of maven) >> > >> >> >> > >> >> Niels Basjes >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 4:37 PM, Zoltan Farkas >> > >> >> <[email protected] >> > >> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> >> > >> >> > Hi Niels, the license is a mistake made by me. >> > >> >> > Those files were based from my work on spf4j-avro which is >> > currently >> > >> >> dual >> > >> >> > licensed with LGPL and Apache . >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > We should just replace the license headers with the appropriate >> > >> Apache >> > >> >> > header. >> > >> >> > Let me know if you need me to do anything. >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > Thank you >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > --z >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > > On Dec 13, 2017, at 8:14 AM, Niels Basjes <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> > > >> > >> >> > > Hi all, >> > >> >> > > >> > >> >> > > I was going through the codebase and I found that several files >> > are >> > >> >> not >> > >> >> > > Apache licensed. >> > >> >> > > >> > >> >> > > https://github.com/apache/avro/tree/master/lang/java/ >> > >> >> > compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/compiler/schema >> > >> >> > > >> > >> >> > > Some of these files do not have a copyright block (fixable), >> yet >> > >> some >> > >> >> > have >> > >> >> > > this: >> > >> >> > > >> > >> >> > > /* >> > >> >> > > >> > >> >> > > * Copyright (c) 2001 - 2016, Zoltan Farkas All Rights Reserved. >> > >> >> > > * >> > >> >> > > * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or >> > >> >> > > * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public >> > >> >> > > * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either >> > >> >> > > * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later >> > >> version. >> > >> >> > > * >> > >> >> > > * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be >> useful, >> > >> >> > > * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty >> of >> > >> >> > > * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the >> > >> >> > > * GNU General Public License for more details. >> > >> >> > > * >> > >> >> > > * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General >> > Public >> > >> >> > > * License along with this program; if not, write to the Free >> > >> Software >> > >> >> > > * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA >> > >> >> 02111-1307, >> > >> >> > USA. >> > >> >> > > */ >> > >> >> > > >> > >> >> > > And according to https://www.apache.org/legal/r >> > >> >> esolved.html#category-x >> > >> >> > the >> > >> >> > > LGPL is not allowed to be included. >> > >> >> > > >> > >> >> > > How do we fix this problem? >> > >> >> > > >> > >> >> > > -- >> > >> >> > > Best regards / Met vriendelijke groeten, >> > >> >> > > >> > >> >> > > Niels Basjes >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> -- >> > >> >> Best regards / Met vriendelijke groeten, >> > >> >> >> > >> >> Niels Basjes >> > >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Best regards / Met vriendelijke groeten, >> > > >> > > Niels Basjes >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Best regards / Met vriendelijke groeten, >> > >> > Niels Basjes >> > >> > > > > -- > Best regards / Met vriendelijke groeten, > > Niels Basjes
