Eric, > Is this correct
Yes. The uPortal project should ideally follow the directions on that licensing page just as you describe. Merely updating the dates isn't ideal because "The JA-SIG Collaborative" is a slightly problematic reference. We all know what it means, but technically, that proper noun doesn't resolve to anything -- the JA-SIG corporation has a slightly different name[1]. Jumping onto "the original author or authors" has become industry standard and is beautifully elegant in dodging this and related issues. Andrew [1]: "JA-SIG, Inc" according to http://www.ja-sig.org/resources/bylaws-2005.pdf . Eric Dalquist wrote: > I'm going through open issues for uP3 to get things ready for the RC > and am on http://www.ja-sig.org/issues/browse/UP-1815 Which talks > about updating the license headers in all files so they are > consistent. Looking at the license page > http://www.uportal.org/license.html I'm not sure what to update the > files with. The license current header looks like: > > /* Copyright 2001, 2004 The JA-SIG Collaborative. All rights reserved. > * See license distributed with this file and > * available online at http://www.uportal.org/license.html > */ > > >From what I read on the page we want it to look like: > /* > * Copyright 2000-2007 the original author or authors. > * > * Licensed under the New BSD License (the "License"); > * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. > * You may obtain a copy of the License at > * > * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php > * > * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software > * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, > * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or > implied. > * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and > * limitations under the License. > */ > > Is this correct or are we sticking with the shorter license note and > just updating the dates? > > -Eric > // -- Join your friends and colleagues at JA-SIG 2008 - "Higher Education Solutions: The Community Source Way!" April 27th - 30th, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota USA Featuring CAS, DSpace, Fedora, Fluid, Internet2, Kuali, Sakai, uPortal, and more! Information/Registration at: http://www.ja-sig.org/conferences/08spring/index.html You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/uportal-dev
