I'm confused. Who is the third party? - Josh
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > If Adobe owns the copyright, then Adobe can relicense the code in any way > > that they want. > > I believe It's a bit more nuanced than that. > > For instance. If I take 3rd party code and make changes to it, the changes > are under my copyright (unless I give that up), but that doesn't allow me > to change the 3rd party license (unless the license allows that). And any > contribution I make to an Apache project I own the copyright on but that > doesn’t give me the right to change the licensing of those files to > something non Apache. > > And even if Adobe has the right to remove the 3rd party header/license in > question that still may not be line with ASF policy on 3rd party files. [1] > > Anyway I’ve asked on legal discuss so we should get an answer there. > > Thanks, > Justin > > 1. https://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#headers < > https://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#headers>
