On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 1:12 PM Mike Beckerle <mbecke...@tresys.com> wrote:
> John, > > > This issue is one of the last remaining things we need to resolve. > > > > > 4) Snippets from the OGF DFDL spec. These snippets are scattered > > throughout multiple files, but are all located in an "ibm-tests" and > > "ibm-contributed" directories. A grep for "Open Grid Forum" will show > > find the copyright that is included in all these files. The directories > > containing the files are in: > > > > daffodil-test/src/test/resources/org/apache/daffodil/ibm-tests/ > > daffodil-test-ibm1/src/test/resources/test-suite/ibm-contributed/ > > > > Same, please list these. Also note that partial files get a bit muddier, > if there's a way you can keep the files separate that would be make it > easier (hence why I've asked about modifying the source). > We can list these files, but decomposing them would lose the whole point > of them, which is that Daffodil can run them, as is, as they were created > by IBM, without changes being required. This is an important part of our > interoperability claims with IBM's DFDL implementation. It's also not > possible to split up a DFDL schema into multiple files without introducing > the DFDL language issues associated with multi-file schema composition - > e.g., namespaces, introduction of new lexical scopes around the contents of > additional files, etc. Those are important things to test, but are not what > these particular tests are about, so introducing them would reduce the > isolation of the tested behaviors. > > To me this use of example snippets drawn from the OGF spec document is > legitimate fair use, and is exactly what was intended by myself and the > other authors when these examples were included in the DFDL specification. > > So how do we satisfy concerns around this matter? Can we simply identify > exactly the files that contain this sort of material, and explain that > these files are maintained as-is, in the form originally contributed, so as > to serve to demonstrate interoperability with other implementations of the > DFDL standard? > > I'm not sure I understand what you're asking for. My ask is that we list out the license for the files coming from outside sources. I have an additional ask if we have modified the source code. Please note that if this is something derived from a specification, then you're not actually bringing in source code. We care about source code. > -Mike Beckerle > > > >
