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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:52:07 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [VOTE] - Relase Apache Clerezza 0.2-incubating (RC4) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Reto_Bachmann=2DGm=FCr?= To: general@incubator.apache.org, antelder@apache.org Cc: clerezza-dev@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf300fb12b0500ce04b6b9a357 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --20cf300fb12b0500ce04b6b9a357 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks for the explanation and pointers. The reason the license files is not at the root is that we are releasing a few dozen modules which are released together for voting convenience but could also released separately. I suggest to add a note in the readme pointing out that the some modules contain additional license and notice files. Cheers, Reto On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:10 AM, ant elder wrote: > The issue is that ASF release artifacts should have in their root a > LICENSE file which includes all the licensing details of the artifact. > > This source release artifact, > clerezza-0.2-incubating-source-release.zip, does have a LICENSE file > at its root, but that file has no mention that the source distribution > also contains YUI which is BSD licensed. > > Ok you have now pointed out that the BSD license is in fact included > in the source distribution in a file named > web.resources.yui\LICENSE.bsd.yahoo.txt, but that was not at all > obvious and i didn't find it when looking for the license. > > The traditional approach for ASF releases is to copy all the licenses > into the top-level LICENSE file so that they are very easy to see. > Some projects don't like that so have the third party licenses > somewhere else. Some people say if you use the somewhere else approach > then the top level LICENSE must at least have a link to them, i don't > know if that is strictly required perhaps if they are all collected > somewhere obvious like a top-level folder named licenses that might be > enough too. But just having all the license scattered about in the > distribution in no obvious place and with no high level doc pointing > out that they exist is not enough IMHO. > > There was some discussion about this in > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-31 (which i note is still > open!). > > ...ant > > On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Reto Bachmann-Gm=FCr > wrote: > > Thank you for reviewing the release candidate > > > > I'm not sure what the issue with the source distribution is: the > > module web.resources.yui mentions the yahoo copyright in the notice > > file and the bsd license is included. > > > > I guess this should also be the case for the launchers and thus the > > binary distribution zip. > > > > That the name of the binary release doesn't match the one of the > > source release is intended. The source release is a distribution of > > many components, the binary release is a release of the launcher which > > contains most but not all the components. > > > > Cheers, > > Reto > > > > On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 10:00 AM, ant elder wrote= : > >> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Reto Bachmann-Gm=FCr > wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> Clerezza 0.2 is ready for release. This will be our first incubator > release. > >>> > >>> We had a preliminary vote in the PPMC, which has been accepted, the += 1 > >>> votes include the one from IPMC member Tommaso Teofili. > >>> > >>> The PPMC vote result is here: > >>> > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-clerezza-dev/201201.mb= ox/%3CCALvhUEXQVsKro6jRBY06%2B2fh6TGv5yBkAGd3Eoj6mqiQ%3DCe1hQ%40mail.gmail.= com%3E > >>> > >>> We need two more IPMC votes to pass. > >>> > >>> Please vote on releasing Clerezza parent and all the modules in the > >>> release profile. > >>> > >>> A zip with the source distribution and one with an executable binary > >>> distribution (jena tdb based launcher) are available with their > >>> signatures at: > >>> > >>> http://people.apache.org/~reto/clerezza-release-201201/ > >>> > >>> In svn the release version is tagged parent-0.2-incubating. > >>> > >>> Keys: > >>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/clerezza/trunk/KEYS > >>> > >>> The vote is open for 72 hours, or until we get the needed number of > votes > >>> (3 +1). > >>> > >>> [ ] +1 Release this package as Apache Clerezza 0.2-incubating > >>> [ ] -1 Do not release this package because... > >>> > >>> To learn more about Apache Clerezza visit: > >>> http://incubator.apache.org/clerezza/ > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Reto > >>> > >> > >> Unfortunately there are some licensing issues. > >> > >> The source distribution includes YUI which is BSD licensed so this > >> needs to be mentioned and the BSD license needs to be included in the > >> source distribution LICENSE file. > >> > >> There are similar issues with the binary distribution which includes > >> many third party artifacts with various licenses and none of those are > >> mentioned anywhere that i could find. Its a big release so I've not > >> checked the details, I think you need to do a legal audit of the > >> release artifacts to find whats there and what needs to be added to > >> the LICENSE and NOTICE files. Ask your mentors or here on general@ if > >> you're not sure how to do it. > >> > >> Otherwise the release all looks pretty good a couple of minor comments > are: > >> - the NOTICE file date has 2011 and that could be changed to 2012. > >> - the name of the binary distribution artifact doesn't match the name > >> of the source artifact or include the release version > >> > >> ...ant > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org > > --20cf300fb12b0500ce04b6b9a357--