royfielding commented on PR #38660: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/38660#issuecomment-2027689624
> We were specifically seeking clarification on whether the ASF was OK with the fact that the proprietary MathWorks bits that would be distributed via the ASF are not normally licensed under the Apache V2 license in the "general case". We asked this follow up question specifically because we wanted to address Kou's earlier comment to the best of our ability. We thought Kou's question was a very reasonable one, and we didn't want to merge in these changes prematurely. I know, but copyright law is not about bits. It is about copyrightable expressions and their control. A license doesn't change the bits -- it gives permission from the controller, to us and our downstream recipients, to do things that they have the right to control. The same bits can be covered by a hundred different licenses and it doesn't matter. We only need one permission. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
