Hi, Am Donnerstag, den 28.05.2020, 14:44 -0400 schrieb Scott Palmer: > IANAL, but if the code is already licensed with the Apache License > 2.0, doesn’t that meansanyone is free to make a derivative > work.. I.e. by use of the license permission has already been > given. Can’t we just follow the rules outlined in the license with > respect to attribution etc.? > > The Apache license seems to be somewhat meaningless if this isn’t the > case. > > What am I missing? >
we can and we already did, BUT then the code comes with strings attached. Normally all our code is donated to the ASF this would not be the case for the imported code. This also means, that the code can't be compied around. Remember that the copyright still exists, we can't relicense the code and most importantly it could come with a required NOTICE. So from my POV code that is imported verbatim must clear a high bar and direct contribution and donation is the preferred way. And yes - I know it is painful. Matthias --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
