Is this still a vote now? Can we start a separate thread?
regards, Martin On 12/20/07, Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the plugin includes the notice/license > if not present, it generates them > > -M > > On Dec 20, 2007 8:06 AM, simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 07:52 +0100, Matthias Wessendorf wrote: > > > > As it happens, there is quite a vigorous discussion going on right now > > > > in both apache commons and legal-discuss lists regarding NOTICE and > > > > LICENSE files. Some people would like to use a maven feature to > > > > auto-generate LICENSE and NOTICE files. This is quite controversial, > > > > though, and a number of people prefer the existing apache-commons way > > > > (including myself). > > > > > > I like having them in the root folder, like done in Trinidad > > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/myfaces/trinidad/trunk_1.2.x/ > > > > > > but, the auto-generation plugins is fine for including them in > > > every JAR. Trinidad uses that plugin as well. > > > > ?? > > > > Do you mean there is a license and notice checked in, but the built jar > > ignores these and uses something different instead? That sounds like the > > worst of both worlds to me. It would: > > (a) double the work, as *both* need to be checked for correctness, and > > (b) is really confusing for users if they differ. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Simon > > > > > > > > -- > Matthias Wessendorf > > further stuff: > blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ > sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf > mail: matzew-at-apache-dot-org > -- http://www.irian.at Your JSF powerhouse - JSF Consulting, Development and Courses in English and German Professional Support for Apache MyFaces
