Re: [Fwd: [Fwd: [VOTE] Release ZooKeeper 3.2.1 (candidate 0)]]

2009-09-04 Thread Bernd Fondermann
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 18:25, Patrick Huntph...@apache.org wrote: The configure script is free license (it's in the header of the file). IANAL but based on my understanding of apache license requirements this makes the file a TYPE A license, as there are no other stated requirements wrt

Re: [Fwd: [Fwd: [VOTE] Release ZooKeeper 3.2.1 (candidate 0)]]

2009-09-04 Thread Bernd Fondermann
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 19:10, Owen O'Malleyo...@yahoo-inc.com wrote: Bernd Fondermann wrote: I'm not saying that the license is incompatible, I am saying that you need to record third party contributions in the NOTICE file. The critical reference is:

Re: [Fwd: [Fwd: [VOTE] Release ZooKeeper 3.2.1 (candidate 0)]]

2009-09-04 Thread Owen O'Malley
Bernd Fondermann wrote: I'm not saying that the license is incompatible, I am saying that you need to record third party contributions in the NOTICE file. The critical reference is: http://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/Manuals/autoconf-2.53/html_node/Distributing.html#Distributing In particular, the

Re: [Fwd: [Fwd: [VOTE] Release ZooKeeper 3.2.1 (candidate 0)]]

2009-09-04 Thread Bernd Fondermann
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 18:12, Patrick Huntph...@apache.org wrote: Bernd Fondermann wrote: On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 18:25, Patrick Huntph...@apache.org wrote: The configure script is free license (it's in the header of the file). IANAL but based on my understanding of apache license

Re: [Fwd: [Fwd: [VOTE] Release ZooKeeper 3.2.1 (candidate 0)]]

2009-09-04 Thread Bernd Fondermann
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 20:43, Patrick Huntph...@apache.org wrote: Bernd Fondermann wrote: Well, I'm not guessing any more than you do. :-) :-) I didn't -1, because I've no binding vote anyway on this PMC. I just checked out the release and gave feedback, whether it's appreciated or not

Re: [Fwd: [Fwd: [VOTE] Release ZooKeeper 3.2.1 (candidate 0)]]

2009-09-04 Thread Patrick Hunt
Bernd Fondermann wrote: Well, I'm not guessing any more than you do. :-) :-) I didn't -1, because I've no binding vote anyway on this PMC. I just checked out the release and gave feedback, whether it's appreciated or not I'm not quite sure. We take all serious votes seriously. Imperative

Re: [Fwd: [Fwd: [VOTE] Release ZooKeeper 3.2.1 (candidate 0)]]

2009-09-04 Thread Patrick Hunt
No worries. Thanks for pointing this out. I'm not against giving credit where it's due, so while may be disagreement on whether this is required or not I'm happy to add this to the notice. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ZOOKEEPER-521 If you have any comments on the suggested text

Re: [Fwd: [Fwd: [VOTE] Release ZooKeeper 3.2.1 (candidate 0)]]

2009-09-03 Thread Bernd Fondermann
Hi, There is foreign code in the release tar ball, which is not attributed to in the top-level LICENSE/NOTICE file. see for example src/c/configure So I guess it is not safe to release this as-is. It would be nice if the release artifacts would be named apache-zookeeper... but this more my

Re: [Fwd: [Fwd: [VOTE] Release ZooKeeper 3.2.1 (candidate 0)]]

2009-09-03 Thread Patrick Hunt
The configure script is free license (it's in the header of the file). IANAL but based on my understanding of apache license requirements this makes the file a TYPE A license, as there are no other stated requirements wrt notice, we are in compliance. Patrick Bernd Fondermann wrote: Hi,