To summarize: 1) we will move the text from NOTICE to LICENSE, because it is currently misplaced 2) you will ask legal if the "SIL OPEN FONT" LICENSE Version 1.1 can be considered a category-A license
Jacopo On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 8:24 AM, Jacques Le Roux < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jacopo, > > > Le 04/04/2018 à 12:12, Jacopo Cappellato a écrit : > >> Hi Jacques, >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 6:54 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Author: jleroux >>> Date: Thu Nov 16 05:54:23 2017 >>> New Revision: 1815412 >>> >>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1815412&view=rev >>> Log: >>> No functional change. >>> >>> With this fix, about the Quicksand Google font licensed under the >>> SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.1, we are now clear from all licensing >>> issues >>> Though we are still waiting for INFRA-15466 to check the RAT Buildbot >>> result... >>> >>> BTW I referred to https://nifi.apache.org/licensing-guide.html about how >>> to >>> handle this case. Only a change in NOTICE was needed, not in LICENSE. >>> Nice >>> TLP >>> document, that I'll check again later... >>> >>> Modified: >>> ofbiz/ofbiz-framework/trunk/NOTICE >>> ofbiz/ofbiz-framework/trunk/themes/rainbowstone/README.md >>> ofbiz/tools/rat-excludes.txt >>> >>> Modified: ofbiz/ofbiz-framework/trunk/NOTICE >>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/ofbiz-framework/trunk/ >>> NOTICE?rev=1815412&r1=1815411&r2=1815412&view=diff >>> ============================================================ >>> ================== >>> --- ofbiz/ofbiz-framework/trunk/NOTICE (original) >>> +++ ofbiz/ofbiz-framework/trunk/NOTICE Thu Nov 16 05:54:23 2017 >>> @@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ Copyright 2001-2017 The Apache Software >>> >>> This product includes software developed by >>> The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/). >>> +=========================================================== >>> ============== >>> + >>> +This product bundles the "Quicksand Google font", which is available >>> +under the "SIL OFL License 1.1" license. >>> +For details, see themes/rainbowstone/webapp/rai >>> nbowstone/fonts/quicksand >>> >>> I believe that the above should be in the LICENSE file, not in the NOTICE >> file, according to [1]. >> Unless there are specific reasons for which you added it to the NOTICE >> file, I will move it there. >> >> Regards, >> >> Jacopo >> >> [1] https://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html >> > > Looking at it again, I don't remember what decided me to refer to Nifi > licensing guide. I said "I'll check again later..." and I just did. > > I think you are right. It's a kind of Category-A licenses. Hence should > not need a NOTICE but a LICENSE change. > > Ah wait, I think what decided me to put it in NOTICE is because it's a > free license but not a MIT/BSD type. I read at > http://www.apache.org/dev/licensing-howto.html#mod-notice: > > Copyright notifications which have been relocated < > http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#headers> from source files > (rather than removed) must be preserved in |NOTICE|. > However, elements such as the copyright notifications embedded within > BSD and MIT licenses need <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-59> > not <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-62> be duplicated in > |NOTICE| -- it suffices to leave those notices in their original locations. > > Then I did not refer-to/read the relocated link and I understand now that > relocated means that the licensed product has been donated to the ASF. > > I tough think that it would be good to ask legal. Not because I doubt but > it will help future possible users to find this license in the Category-A > licenses list at http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html. > > What do you think? > > Jacques > >
