Bill Stoddard did us a favor and brought it to legal (Thanks Bill S.). We'll see what they come up with.
Jeff Bill Dudney wrote: > Hi all, > > This can't be the first time this has ever come up can it? Many of the > xsd and dtd's that are in G for J2EE 1.4 were copied from Tomcat 5.x > so they had to have gotten this straightened out, right? ;-) > > I'd be happy to get the conversation going with legal, but its probably > better that it come from a G committer. > > Thoughts? > > Bill Dudney > MyFaces - myfaces.apache.org > > On Mar 9, 2006, at 9:41 AM, Jeff Genender wrote: > >> Here is what it says in the DTD: >> >> "This document and the product to which it pertains are distributed >> under licenses restricting their use, copying, distribution, and >> decompilation. This document may be reproduced and distributed but may >> not be changed without prior written authorization of Sun and its >> licensors, if any." >> >> So, from this blurb, it would appear we can include the DTDs and XSDs, >> but we *cannot* change it. Would this be a correct assessment? >> >> Jeff >> >> Geir Magnusson Jr wrote: >>> Exactly the right question - the copyright isn't the issue, but the >>> license is. >>> >>> Where did these schemas come from, and what are the listed terms? >>> >>> geir >>> >>> Bill Stoddard wrote: >>>> Jacek Laskowski wrote: >>>>> 2006/3/9, Bill Stoddard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>>> >>>>>> Don't change the copyright statements. The only time it is >>>>>> acceptable to change copyright statements is when >>>>>> the copyright holder has assigned copyright ownership to the ASF. >>>>> >>>>> Has it been assigned? If not, my understanding is that we're not >>>>> allowed to store them in the repo, either. >>>>> >>>> >>>> That's the wrong question. ASF repositories contain lots of code for >>>> which the ASF is not the copyright owner. Whether we are allowed to >>>> store code in our repositories depends on the license terms and >>>> conditions issued by the copyright holder. What are the T&C's for >>>> this code? Do we know? >>>> >>>> Bill >>>> >>>>
