Stefan, Thanks for the information. That helps a lot.
Regards, Neil Haughton BSc MIET IEng(CEI) Development Manager Autoscribe Limited Wellington House, Riseley Business Park Basingstoke Road, Riseley Berkshire RG7 1NW Office: +44 (0) 118 984 0610 Fax: +44 (0) 118 984 0611 Email: neil.haugh...@autoscribe.co.uk Visit our website at: www.autoscribe.co.uk Registered in Wales No. 1539748 **********************************************************DISCLAIMER***************************************************** The contents of this email are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual or company to whom it is addressed. If you have received this email in error then please accept our apology. If this is the case we would be obliged if you would contact the sender and then delete this email. Opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Autoscribe Ltd. Although this email and any attachments are believed to be free of any virus no responsibility is accepted by Autoscribe Ltd for any loss or damage arising in any way from the receipt or use of this email or attachments. -----Original Message----- From: Stefan Bodewig [mailto:bode...@apache.org] Sent: 14 May 2010 13:41 To: log4net-user@logging.apache.org Subject: Re: How do I comply with the licence for using log4net? On 2010-05-14, Neil Haughton <neil.haugh...@autoscribe.co.uk> wrote: > My apologies if this is 'off topic', but what is the consensus with > regard to licence and copyright if log4net is used in an application I > am involved with? I think there is. <http://www.apache.org/licenses/> and the license FAQ <http://www.apache.org/foundation/licence-FAQ.html> should probably help. For the rest of my mail read it with the usual "I am not a lawyer" and "if you are in doubt you must consult a lawyer" disclaimers. <http://www.apache.org/foundation/licence-FAQ.html#WhatDoesItMEAN> should give you the answers. > Is it sufficient to > - place a ReadMe on the application's installation CD that is copied > across with the application installation, the Readme containing a notice > that the application uses log4net which is published under the Apache > licence, with a URL link to the licence itself? Or > - instead of the link should we include the entire Apache licence in the > ReadMe document, or 4(a) of the license says "a copy of this License". > - is there something else we must do to satisfy the terms of the Apache > licence? 4(b) and (c) don't apply to your case and 4(d) is satisified by your ReadMe. Oh, it is "Apache log4net", not log4net. > As far as I can see the requirement to 'attach' the licence to the > software would be satisfied by placing it on the CD as I have described > and copying it across to sit in the application folder on the host > machine. I'm not even sure that you'd be required to copy it into the application folder itself. Won't hurt, though. > Is there a URL that will take me to a document explaining in simple > English the minimum I have to do to comply? The license FAQ is supposed to provide that. Stefan
