On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Thilo Götz <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/1/2010 17:38, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: >>... Hrm, umm, so what's the difference between this, and oh I don't know, >>some other library I pick up as a TLP off Google code who claims their source >>is ASLv2 licensed? I have no guarantee over there that the license issues are >>resolved either, yet we do that all the time over here in Apache? > > The difference is that the incubator code comes from > Apache, with all the ASF IP due diligence. If we use > a third-party library that's under the AL, we mention > that it's not from Apache. Our customers can then > decide for themselves how much they trust that other > source. My understanding....
It is common for podlings to import their code here and only then start cleaning up dependencies that do not comply with ASF requirements. So if another project release contains unreleased code from a podling, it might not be clean. -Bertrand --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
