On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Emmanuel Lecharny <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/18/10 7:17 AM, Felix Knecht wrote: >> >> Most of the ldif files do not have a license header >> (ldap-schema/src/main/resources/schema/*). Do they need to have a >> license header or can they be considered as false positives of the RAT >> report [1]? >> >> Felix >> >> [1] http://people.apache.org/~felixk/shared-docs/rat-report.html >> >> > > I don't think it's required. The ASF policy is quite clear about the fact > that any source file should (read : must) include the ASL License Header, > but : > > http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#faq-exceptions > > "A file without any degree of creativity in either its literal elements or > its structure is not protected by copyright law; therefore, such a file does > not require a license header. If in doubt about the extent of the file's > creativity, add the license header to the file." > > There is no creativity in those LDIF files, they are either generated from > OpenLDAP schema files through a generator or a direct extraction from > Studio. (IMO) > > Do you guys agree ?
yeap (all those files were generated and am still generating some more ;) Kiran Ayyagari
