Oliver-Rainer; I looked at the files: the GPL'd file has only two records and the names don't match the ones in the XFree86 file.
We shouldn't rename anything in the header, but change the sources instead. It's not difficult because both names appear only on hcode.cpp. cheers, Pedro. --- On Thu, 9/29/11, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann <orwittm...@googlemail.com> wrote: > From: Oliver-Rainer Wittmann <orwittm...@googlemail.com> > Subject: hwpfilter/source/ksc5601.h - header from GNU c library > To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org > Date: Thursday, September 29, 2011, 4:59 AM > Hi, > > the low-hanging fruits are hanging quite high ;-) > > Thus, as given at [1], we can get file ksc5601.h from [2] > under a Apache permissive license. > Unfortunately, the provided file [3] does not contain a > license or copyright header. But a copyright file [4] exists > at the same location as ksc5601.h which contains the > copyright and license not only for ksc5601.h, but for all > files at [2] > > My proposal to go ahead is: > - copy the following contents of the copyright file [4] > into the downloaded ksc5601.h file > <contents from copyright file [4] to be copied into new > ksc5601.h file> > Copyright (c) 1999-2000 Free Software Foundation, > Inc. > > Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person > obtaining a copy of this software and associated > documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the > Software without restriction, including without limitation > the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, > sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to > permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so. > > THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY > KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE > WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR > PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FREE > SOFTWARE FOUNDATION BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR > OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR > OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE > SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. > </contents from copyright file to be copied into new > ksc5601.h file> > > - replace the current ksc5601.h be the one created by the > first step. > > - adjust dependencies of our source code on ksc5601.h > accordingly, if needed. > > - add a corresponding statement in the NOTICE that parts of > the source code are on the copyright from Free Software > Foundation, Inc. > > Is this ok and conform to Apache regarding 3rd party > licenses? > > Best regards, Oliver. > > > [1] > http://ooo-wiki.apache.org/wiki/ApacheMigration#A_header_from_GNU_c_library_.28solved.29 > > [2] http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/lib/X11/lcUniConv/#dirlist > > [3] > http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/*checkout*/xc/lib/X11/lcUniConv/ksc5601.h?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain > > [4] > http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/*checkout*/xc/lib/X11/lcUniConv/COPYRIGHT?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain > >
