Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-commons-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 23977 invoked from network); 8 Jan 2009 15:46:13 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 8 Jan 2009 15:46:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 94192 invoked by uid 500); 8 Jan 2009 15:46:11 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-commons-dev-archive@commons.apache.org Received: (qmail 94113 invoked by uid 500); 8 Jan 2009 15:46:11 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@commons.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: "Commons Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list dev@commons.apache.org Received: (qmail 94102 invoked by uid 99); 8 Jan 2009 15:46:11 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:46:11 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=10.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [209.85.218.12] (HELO mail-bw0-f12.google.com) (209.85.218.12) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:46:05 +0000 Received: by bwz5 with SMTP id 5so19666695bwz.18 for ; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:45:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.114.2 with SMTP id c2mr17632616faq.85.1231429335405; Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:42:15 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.105.198 with HTTP; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 07:42:15 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 10:42:15 -0500 From: "James Carman" To: "Commons Developers List" Subject: Re: [compress] Including AL Code from other projects In-Reply-To: <000f01c971a6$8e159a20$aa40ce60$@org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4964E96B.9050008@apache.org> <000f01c971a6$8e159a20$aa40ce60$@org> X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org I am by no means an expert on licenses and stuff, but it would seem to me that if the authors are willing to sign a code grant, then why not let them do it? On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Mark Thomas wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: James Carman [mailto:james@carmanconsulting.com] >> Sent: 08 January 2009 15:16 >> To: Commons Developers List >> Subject: Re: [compress] Including ASL Code from other projects >> >> My only point is that we don't know for sure that these folks are >> *allowed* to license their code under the ASL. All we have is a >> Javadoc header and an ASL license declaration in their pom file. > > It simply isn't practical to find out "for sure" that they have these > rights. > > All we need is the code an a statement, in any form, that says the code is > licensed under the Apache License. > > Whilst I am in a pedantic mood, it is the "Apache License" not the "Apache > Software License". > > Mark > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@commons.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@commons.apache.org