On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 14:00 -0700, Craig L Russell wrote: > Hi Robert, > > On Mar 12, 2008, at 1:05 PM, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 18:17 -0700, Craig L Russell wrote: > >> Ouch. > >> > >> The license headers are obsolete. Didn't you run RAT on these before > >> checking them in? ;-) > > > > :-) > > > > it was intention. i've always imported then fixed so that the record > > of > > the changes is present in the version control. i'm not sure whether > > the > > consensus is that this is best practice or not. > > Cool. When I imported the JDO stuff from Sun awhile back, I added the > license before checking the files into the Apache repo, so I guess > best practice is undocumented.
IIRC there have been a few different theories. the original source covered by the agreement should be a matter of open record. source in apache repositories should have the right headers. JIRA gives an open record so can serve the first purpose. > > i'll post something on general and then write up the results... > > > Might be a good topic for the incubator guides... > > Assuming that there is consensus, of course. even if there isn't consensus, it's useful to establish the pros and cons. - robert
