Also references on that Wiki page to "source code" files and "files part of a project's codebase" [i.e., those that need the license] should be further clarified to be "any file checked into CVS for a project."
Glen --- Jeremias Maerki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wow, mails like this make me find new hope. Maybe I > should resume my > crusade to improve licensing policies at Apache and > clarify open > questions. > > http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?Licensing > updated with this > new piece of information (copyright years, which was > an open question > there). > > On 06.07.2003 17:45:13 Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, 6 Jul 2003, Glen Mazza wrote: > > > > > their to-do lists and related files--so if this > is an > > > oversight with us--so it is with everyone. > > > > Which is no reason not to fix i in fop-dev ASAP. > We're an open source > > project; and the ASF needs every bit of help they > can in making sure that > > we dot our i's and cross our 't's in this respect. > > > > Just to be clear; until we have the new license > completed (any time now) > > each and every file which the committer communit > would consider its work > > or its creation should have the ASF license and > (c) right. Ideally each > > year in which active work was done on that file > should be listed in the > > (c) right line. E.g. 1997-2003 if there was a > substansive change every 6 > > years or 1998, 2003 if the file was only worked on > this year after being > > stable for 4 years. > > > > Once we have the new license the 50 odd lines of > explicit license in each > > and every file will in some cases be condensed to > just a URL reference. > > Guidelines for this will be released around that > time. In any case, each > > file will still need the (c) right claim, and in > this case the URL. > > > > Note that in some cases it may be desireable to > have the license at the > > end of the file, rather than at the beginning. Or > it must be reformatted, > > have '#', '//' or '/*' front of it, be turned into > UTF8 or have different > > line endings. All that is fine; the idea is just > to make sure that no one > > can claim that they did not see an ASF license > when they snarfed or copied > > just a few files. > > > > Should you worry about size increase; feel free to > do a small experiment; > > zip or GZ a tar/zipfile with and without license. > As you may see it > > compresses very very well. > > > Jeremias Maerki > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
