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Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:33:32 +0100
From: Jeremias Maerki <dev.jeremias@greenmail.ch>
To: community@apache.org
Subject: Re: Violation of ASF license, how to resolve?
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Damn, we've got different software here in the Canton of Lucerne. ;-)

On 24.02.2004 16:22:07 Ceki G=FClc=FC wrote:
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> Living in Lausanne in the Canton of Vaud, I demand to be exempted from=20
> paying taxes until they fix the problem. That is the least they could do.=
 :-)
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> At 03:21 PM 2/24/2004 +0100, you wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I found out that my county is publicly distributing tax software which=
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> >includes ASF software (FOP, xalan, xerces, logj4) but without including=
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> >the required license. See http://www.vaudtax.vd.ch/ (but it's all in=20
> >french obviously). As it's tax time around here, they already have=20
> >distributed many copies.
> >
> >I have contacted them informally about it and promptly got a call from t=
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> >company who developed the software, the person with whom I talked says=
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> >they recognize the problem and are willing to include the license in new=
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> >releases of their software (notice in the about box + license.txt along=
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> >the installed jar files).
> >
> >I cannot speak for the ASF on legal matters, but personally I don't thin=
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> >legal action is appropriate as they have immediately reacted in the righ=
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> >way, so in my view a "fair compensation" in terms of fixing the problem =
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> >public notices would be ok.
> >
> >In addition to fixing the problem in a new release of their software, my=
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> >suggestion would be for them to include a visible notice on the main web=
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> >page where the software is found, with a link to a page that explains th=
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> >situation (and apologies to the ASF?).
> >
> >WDYT?


Jeremias Maerki


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