From general-return-21715-apmail-incubator-general-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Fri Apr 17 12:40:50 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 11413 invoked from network); 17 Apr 2009 12:40:50 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 17 Apr 2009 12:40:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 74497 invoked by uid 500); 17 Apr 2009 12:40:49 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 74316 invoked by uid 500); 17 Apr 2009 12:40:48 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 74306 invoked by uid 99); 17 Apr 2009 12:40:48 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:40:48 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=10.0 tests=MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [66.112.202.4] (HELO mail.devtech.com) (66.112.202.4) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:40:40 +0000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MessageIsInfected: false Received: from mail.devtech.com. ([66.112.202.4]) by mail.devtech.com (JAMES SMTP Server 2.3.1-dev) with SMTP ID 352 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:40:19 -0400 (EDT) From: "Noel J. Bergman" To: Subject: Incompatibly licensed files in SVN Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:40:18 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 In-Reply-To: <71e1b5740904162359q4ec7846dh16045743ee564d06@mail.gmail.com> Importance: Normal X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org ant elder wrote: > Niclas Hedhman wrote: > > sebb wrote: > > > As far as I know, putting a file in a publicly accessible SVN > > > repository is considered as distribution too. > > No, I am very positive that this is not the case. Legal dilligence is > > done on the release artifacts separately from SVN issues. Unlike > > release artifacts, SVN are at times incomplete, incorrect and > > inaccurate. "Tags" have no legal meaning whatsoever, and should not > > even be part of the discussion. > And that matches "What is a release?" in the ASF Releases FAQ (although SVN > its not explicitly mentioned): http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html#what Release != Distribution. IANAL, nor is anyone else here last time I checked. It really should be a matter for legal-* to settle. --- Noel --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org