https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46756
Summary: Improved LICENSE and NOTICE files
Product: POI
Version: 3.5-dev
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Keywords: PatchAvailable
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: POI Overall
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
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Patch to update the NOTICE and LICENSE files
As discussed on the mailing list, I did a quick review of the main components
included in the latest beta release and updated the LICENSE and NOTICE files
accordingly.
See the attached patch for the proposed changes. The updated NOTICE file only
contains the copyright attributions required by the various included licenses,
and the LICENSE file embeds the full license texts (or equivalent) of the
included components.
Some notes:
* I'm not sure if the chunks_parse_cmds.tbl was re-licensed under the ALv2 or
if the author granted ASF a CLA-style license to distribute the file. In the
latter case we wouldn't need to include the entry I've now added in the NOTICE
file.
* The DOM4J license has a weak advertising clause that I asked Apache Legal
about. See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-43. The initial response
suggests that the license is fine and that no extra credit beyond what I've
already included is needed.
* The JSR 173 API jar is another slightly troublesome case, see
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-42. Early response from Apache
Legal suggests that we should rather use the ALv2 version available from
Apache Geronimo.
* The XMLBeans NOTICE file is a bit complex. I've tried my best to identify
which parts of XMLBeans are included in POI and to include only the relevant
entries from the XMLBeans NOTICE.
* I only reviewed the licensing of the included jar files (and the
chunds_parse_cmds.tbl file). Are there source files (or non-jar binaries)
within POI that are not under ALv2 or that have explicit NOTICE requirements?
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