Cleaning up a messy statement ... > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 09:38 > To: 'Commons Developers List' <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [RNG] License text location(s) (Was: [jira] RNG-18 [...]) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gilles [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 04:41 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [RNG] License text location(s) (Was: [jira] RNG-18 [...]) > > > > On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:44:27 +0200, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > > > Le 22/09/2016 à 13:24, Gilles a écrit : > > > > > >> The fact is that we don't distribute the original code (in C) > > >> but a Java port (that has undergone several transformations). > > > > > > That's still a derivative from the original code. > > > > Sure, but my point is that if release source then we already > > comply with the author's request by copying their copyright > > note in the Java source file. > > > > > > > > > > >> It is confusing to read at times that "Apache only releases > sources" > > >> and > > >> at other that we also release binaries... > > > > > > I agree, I understand this motto as "We don't have to release > > > binaries > > > if we don't want to". > > > > OK; in that case, we do release binaries and have to put another > > copy of the copyright notice... > [orcmid] > > My understanding is that, for Apache, "release" is reserved for Source > Code although <<http://apache.org/dev/release.html> although non- > distributions are also producible and always built from a released > source however. [orcmid]
Restated: My understanding is that, for Apache, "release" always applies for source code, <http://apache.org/dev/release.html>. Non-source distributions are also producible, but they are always built from a source release. > > Diligence with respect to IP in binaries that come as project > distributions still applies, including handling of LICENSE and NOTICE, > only this time specific to the distribution. There may be more about > that. [orcmid] Also, stripping out other Category A information is a bit iffy. The copyright-only Category A's do not include assertions about patents and Apache License Version 2.0 does. > > > > > > > Gilles > > > > > > > > Emmanuel Bourg > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
