On Dec 14, 2007 12:19 PM, sebb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 14/12/2007, Simon Kitching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > ---- Niall Pemberton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
> > > On Dec 14, 2007 6:35 AM, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Seems like a bad idea to me, but I might not be understanding it 
> > > > correctly.
> > > >
> > > > 1) Does this mean the LICENSE and NOTICE file are not sitting in svn
> > > > next to the source?
> > >
> > > Yes it does mean that - the LICENSE file comes from an apache jar and
> > > the notice files gets generated from bits in the pom (organization,
> > > inception year and dependencies's poms).
> > >
>
> I think the N&L files should be in SVN as mentioned by Hen.
>
> The strategy should probably be discussed on the legal-discuss list.
>
> > > > 2) Does this mean each component is sharing a NOTICE file?
> > >
> > > No see above.
> > >
> > > Also - more discussion on this here:
> > >
> > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMMONSSITE-21
> >
> > I'm not sure this works right for NOTICE files.
> >
> > For example, commons-logging might include some code written by a third 
> > party but licensed under an APL2.0-compatible license (including BSD, etc). 
> > In that case AIUI we remove copyright and license information from the 
> > files [1], and put it into NOTICE instead. This keeps the code uncluttered, 
> > while putting the contributor info for the project ancestry into one 
> > easy-to-find place (NOTICE.txt).
>
> Likewise for 3rd party jars, the license needs to be added to the NOTICE file.
> [If there are a few of these, one can use separate LICENSE files and
> refer to them from the NOTICE file]
>
> > So it is not just a matter of taking the organisation property from the 
> > pom; a single mvn module can have multiple entries in its NOTICE file.
> >
> > Getting the LICENSE file from a central point is ok, as we can never 
> > "borrow" code as described above unless we are legally allowed to 
> > redistribute under the APL2, so only the APL2 is ever needed as a LICENSE.
> >
>
> I agree with Hen - it should be in SVN, unless legal say otherwise.

I just added an example of a generated NOTICE file to COMMONSSITE-21.
Could people please take a look at it before commenting, because its
clear there is a lack of knowledge of what the remote resources plugin
does.

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMMONSSITE-21

Thanks

Niall

> > [1] not sure if this requires the agreement of the copyright owner or not.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Simon

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