Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 30474 invoked from network); 18 Aug 2009 22:59:13 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 18 Aug 2009 22:59:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 71385 invoked by uid 500); 18 Aug 2009 22:59:31 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 71210 invoked by uid 500); 18 Aug 2009 22:59:30 -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 71200 invoked by uid 99); 18 Aug 2009 22:59:30 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:59:30 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of ralph.goers@dslextreme.com designates 209.85.146.177 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.146.177] (HELO wa-out-1112.google.com) (209.85.146.177) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:59:21 +0000 Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id m34so510188wag.12 for ; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:59:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.44.10 with SMTP id r10mr6222062war.77.1250636340990; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:59:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.10.130? (adsl-66-51-196-164.dslextreme.com [66.51.196.164]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n33sm13665139wag.56.2009.08.18.15.58.59 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:59:00 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: From: Ralph Goers To: general@incubator.apache.org In-Reply-To: <564E32BA-86F2-42A8-8805-80CE9A2D2C90@SUN.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Subject: Re: Making up policy on the fly Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:58:58 -0700 References: <71e1b5740908180853i1d6f48ftfd356b2e8ce5aa19@mail.gmail.com> <11C94007-399F-4946-94A4-8FDC2117ED2A@SUN.com> <564E32BA-86F2-42A8-8805-80CE9A2D2C90@SUN.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.935.3) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Aug 18, 2009, at 11:23 AM, Craig L Russell wrote: > Hi Ant, > > I didn't intend to make up stuff on the fly, especially policy. > > After having been through the fine points of LICENSE vs. NOTICE so > many times, I thought the consensus was to put *all* licenses into > the top level LICENSE file. But having just scoured the official > public pages promulgating policy, I can't find it. > > Let's continue the discussion. > > I still believe that it's bad form to put licenses in several places > in distributions because users might not find them and thereby not > know what they're getting. > You may consider it bad form, but until it is actually documented as incubator or ASF policy I wouldn't consider it to be enough to block a release. Especially since I am quite sure there will be a debate about whether it must be one way or the other. Ralph --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org