Hi all,

2015-09-07 18:36 GMT+02:00 Andy Seaborne <[email protected]>:

> On 07/09/15 14:32, Reto Gmür wrote:
>
>> >The binaries have had the NOTICE and LICENSE files replaced in both jar
>>> >and sources.jar. These miss the necessary declarations.
>>> >
>>>
>> I don't think anything changed here. Do you think something need to be
>> changed for the release candidate to be acceptable (the vote is on the
>> source zip linked in the original mail).
>>
>
> There are two strands of issue here.  A general one about approving
> binaries and a point about distributing modified Jena as binary without
> it's NOTICE and LICENSE files.
>
>
> Approving binaries:
>
> Binaries must correspond to a release.
>
> The distribution mechanism for binaries is via
> repository.ao/content/repositories/releases/org/apache/...
>
> Note "releases".
>
> Material that is published through the Apache maven repository needs sort
> of VOTE. It transfers the legal liability from the RM to the foundation for
> one thing.
>
> Surely, a "+1" ought to include checking what is produced is correct.
>

I think what we are meant and required to vote on is a "source release".
I agree with Roy Fielding's point on that in a previous discussion on
general@incubator [1], basically we vote and release open source code (the
source release), binaries can be seen as a "convenience artifact" in that
view.


>
>
> Removing NOTICE and LICENSE:
>
> Clerezza is redistributing modified Jena binaries via
> repository.ao/content/*releases* without the NOTICE and LICENSE from
> Jena.  Xerces, for example, cause material in LICENSE and some BSD code
> causes material in NOTICE.
>

if we do redistribute modified Jena sources or binaries I think we need to
mention that in the NOTICE file, if I understand [2] correctly.

Regards,
Tommaso


>
>         Andy
>
> http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html#what
>

[1] : http://markmail.org/message/yzetzkhfahrlv5um
[2] : http://www.apache.org/dev/licensing-howto.html#bundled-vs-non-bundled

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