On Oct 25, 2012, at 7:28 AM, Bernd Fondermann <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
> There are some interesting Open-Source at-Apache-gotchas in Impala as
> it is currently on github:
> Some files have Apache License Headers, some have no License header
> and some bear some other license.
I'm guessing they are in the process of uploading it to github as a open source
project.
The license file was just uploaded 4 hours ago, and it is Apache2.0 licensed.
If you file an issue about the missing headers and other licenses I'm sure they
will correct it quickly.
I'm even guessing that the main committer to the project is reading this list
;-)
Regards
Ian
> (And by the way: Forget about the copyright, the license is the key.
> Every contributor to Apache retains copyright for his/her
> contribution.)
> So, whatever it says on the front plate ("Apache licensed"), every
> file can bear it's own License, rendering the plate useless and making
> it difficult - if not impossible - for users to decide what are the
> conditions to use the respective code.
> That's why, at Apache, we've got to be strict about every source code
> file, including shell script files, build files, etc.
> (creadur.apache.org might come in handy here.)
> And that's why we have those sometimes exhausting barriers to release code.
>
> Bernd
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