Not necessarily. We just need to make extra clear that it's the source that we release and not the binaries. Of course it would be extra thorough but not necessary if we stick to Apache's policy of releasing source and providing the binaries as an extra service to our users.
Uli On 09.07.2012 18:57, Howard Lewis Ship wrote: > Interesting. > > So, perhaps we should modify the Gradle build to package each module's > LICENSE.txt and NOTICE.txt files inside each JAR, say inside the > META-INF folder? > > On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Richard Frovarp <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 07/09/2012 10:39 AM, Howard Lewis Ship wrote: >>> >>> Serious enough to cancel the vote? >>> >>> http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html#ReleaseVotes >>> >> >> >> I would say so. >> >> From the page Uli linked to: >> http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html >> >> Does the policy apply to binary/object files, such as executables or JAR >> files? >> >> Yes. Even if there are no source files within the release, the LICENSE file >> and NOTICE file are still both required within every ASF distribution -- >> whether the unit of distribution is a .jar, .msi, .tar/.?gz, .zip, .exe >> installer, or any other file format used for distributions. For example, >> Windows .exe files must not be used as a unit of distribution unless they >> are installers and include the LICENSE and NOTICE files in their >> installation. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
