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Sebb commented on HTTPCORE-321:
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<quote> I am not sure we are supposed to tamper with the LICENSE.txt containing
standard ASLv2 licence. </quote>
The LICENSE.txt file is often extended by adding further licenses to it.
So long as the AL v2 license is not itself modified, that is standard for other
ASF projects.
The LICENSE file should contain all licenses for items included in the release;
the NOTICE file should contain only required notices.
The package.html in the source jar includes the following:
"Any republication or derived work distributed in source code form must include
the copyright and license notice. "
I think this means the entry in the NOTICE file is required in the source
archives.
But I agree the LICENSE file should contain a copy of the CCAL and a list of
the files it applies to.
The additions to the N&L files should only be done in the project(s) that
contain the derived files (I think that was originally httpclient, but is now
httpcore?)
> httpcore.jar LICENSE.txt does not note JCIP-Annotations license info
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> Key: HTTPCORE-321
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCORE-321
> Project: HttpComponents HttpCore
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 4.2.1, 4.2.2
> Reporter: Kevan Miller
>
> Reviewing the license information for httpcore-4.2.1.jar raised a few issues
> that I thought should be raised.
> The LICENSE.txt file for the HTTP Components 4.2.1 release contains:
> "This project contains annotations derived from JCIP-ANNOTATIONS
> Copyright (c) 2005 Brian Goetz and Tim Peierls.
> See http://www.jcip.net and the Creative Commons Attribution License
> (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)"
> Presumably, this covers the four files contained within
> org/apache/http/annotation/. I also assume that the above is intended to
> convey that these files are CC-A licensed. If this is correct, IMO, the
> LICENSE.txt should be explicit about what files are CC-A licensed and should
> be explicit that the files are CC-A licensed.
> The LICENSE.txt contained within the httpcore-4.2.1.jar does not contain the
> above license information. Since httpcore contains the
> org/apache/http/annotation classes, consumers of the httpcore jar may be
> misled as to the licensing of the contents of the jar.
> IMO, LICENSE.txt for httpcore should be updated with the JCIP-Annotations
> licensing information. I'd also think that the licensing information should
> be more explicit (documenting what files are CC-A licensed and clearly state
> that the files are CC-A licensed).
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