On 22 November 2011 14:15, Jasha Joachimsthal <[email protected]> wrote: > During development I notice that the cdn we get json2.js [1] from is > relatively slow. The json2.js is "public domain". If we add this to the > project, should we add it without adding an Apache license header to it?
No, we never add licence headers without permission. The code is not licenced to us under the Apache Licence and we should not claim it is. The issue of Public Domain is a complex one because many jurisdictions to not recognise public domain. Current legal-discuss opinion is that we should treat public domain as a permissive BSD style licence with attribution. This is not yet resolved, but I believe it is close enough for us. We just need to ensure that opinion on the matter doesn't change in for future releases (at least until it is resolved). See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-75?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13148033#comment-13148033 > > [1] http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/json2/20110223/json2.js > > Jasha Joachimsthal > > Europe - Amsterdam - Oosteinde 11, 1017 WT Amsterdam - +31(0)20 522 4466 > US - Boston - 1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142 - +1 877 414 4776 (toll free) > > www.onehippo.com > -- Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
