Hi, >From looking at a lot of projects - most seem to use the link-to way Which is definitely cleaner than putting them all in the license.txt As it makes it unreadable and hard to follow.
So for now I will use the link-to unless there are any objections. Edell. -----Original Message----- From: Geir Magnusson Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 August 2006 16:44 To: yoko-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: notices.txt Cliff Schmidt wrote: > It doesn't matter to me whether you: > a) copy all third-party licenses text directly into the LICENSE file > (the messiest option), or > b) list the name of all licenses and point to each of them (see what > James is doing for this option: > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/james/server/trunk/LICENSE.txt), or Does that really work? The linked-to material can change... geir > c) put a single sentence at the top of bottom of the LICENSE file that > refers to a separate file with a list of all third-party licenses > (this sounds closest to what you've suggested below). > > Any of those options are fine, as long as someone reading the LICENSE > file can find all the applicable licenses without having to try to dig > through every directory in the entire distro. > > Make sense? > > Cliff > > On 8/11/06, Nolan, Edell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Ok - how about we come up with a third party licenses file in which >> we list all third party licenses. Does this sound reasonable ? >> >> Edell. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cliff Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 10 August 2006 23:57 >> To: yoko-dev@incubator.apache.org >> Subject: Re: notices.txt >> >> Actually, licenses should all be copied into or pointed from the >> LICENSE file. The NOTICE file is only used for copyright/attribution >> statements that are required to be included with any distribution. >> >> Cliff >> >> On 8/10/06, Nolan, Edell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Ok - I will look into this and add something in. >> > >> > Edell. >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Alan D. Cabrera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: 10 August 2006 08:42 >> > To: yoko-dev@incubator.apache.org >> > Subject: Re: notices.txt >> > >> > Nolan, Edell wrote: >> > > Hi, >> > > >> > > Do we need to put something into the notices.txt as regards the >> > > sun jars that we use. >> > > >> > > Cheers, Edell. >> > > >> > > >> > I think so. We should list the ones that we use and what their >> > licenses are. >> > >> > >> > Regards, >> > Alan >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> > >
