On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Mike Edwards <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> ant elder wrote:
>
>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Luciano Resende <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>>
>>    I was under the impression that sca.tld [1] was comming from SCA
>>    specification. In this case, should it have the Apache License header
>>    on it ?
>>
>>    [1]
>>
>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tuscany/java/sca/modules/host-webapp/src/main/resources/META-INF/sca.tld
>>
>>
>> AIUI it is ok and appropriate to have this using the Apache license. Its a
>> similar case to as when we have the spec defined Java interfaces, eg [1] or
>> [2].
>>
>> IANAL...
>>
>>   ...ant
>>
>> [1]
>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tuscany/tags/java/sca/1.3.1/modules/sca-api/src/main/java/org/osoa/sca/CallableReference.java
>> [2]
>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/geronimo/specs/tags/geronimo-annotation_1.0_spec-1.1.1/src/main/java/javax/annotation/Generated.java
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Folks,
>
> You are not at liberty to simply re-license some material that has been
> produced by others.
>
> Either you should use the original license (the OSOA license in this case)
> OR you should make a request to the original copyright holders for
> permission to relicense the files.
>
> In my opinion, the OSOA license is pretty liberal and should not cause any
> problems.
>
>
> Yours,  Mike.
>

Nothing is or has been "re-licensed".

Its all a bit moot now anyway as Simon is changing all the headers.

   ...ant

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