Hi

The apache-jar-resource-bundle serves one purpose and that is to create
releases that comply with the rules set up by the Apache Software
Foundation. It is a tool for Apache projects. As you have discovered,
that is not necessarily the same thing as a project released under the
Apache license.

Henri Tremblay wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm moving a project to Apache license. The easiest for jar packaging seems
> to use the maven-remote-resources-plugin and
> org.apache:apache-jar-resource-bundle.
> 
> However, I'm annoyed by two lines in the notice:
> 
> This product includes software developed at
> The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
> 
> Since it's an external project, that's just not true.
> 
> My question is:
> 
> - Is there another bundle for external projects somewhere?
> - I don't really need to NOTICE file at all. Is there a way to get rid of
> it?
> - Or may I suggest a modification to the template to have
> 
> #if ($isApacheProject)
> This product includes software developed at
> The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
> #end
> 
> with the default being true to be backward compatible.
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> Henri
> 


-- 
Dennis Lundberg

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