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Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:22:07 +0100
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From: Ceki =?iso-8859-1?Q?G=FClc=FC?= <ceki@qos.ch>
Subject: Re: Violation of ASF license, how to resolve?
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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.=
 :-)

At 03:21 PM 2/24/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I found out that my county is publicly distributing tax software which=20
>includes ASF software (FOP, xalan, xerces, logj4) but without including=20
>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 the=
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>company who developed the software, the person with whom I talked says=20
>they recognize the problem and are willing to include the license in new=20
>releases of their software (notice in the about box + license.txt along=20
>the installed jar files).
>
>I cannot speak for the ASF on legal matters, but personally I don't think=
=20
>legal action is appropriate as they have immediately reacted in the right=
=20
>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=20
>suggestion would be for them to include a visible notice on the main web=20
>page where the software is found, with a link to a page that explains the=
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>situation (and apologies to the ASF?).
>
>WDYT?
>
>--
>   Bertrand Delacretaz
>   independent consultant, Lausanne, Switzerland
>   http://cvs.apache.org/~bdelacretaz/

--=20
Ceki G=FClc=FC

      For log4j documentation consider "The complete log4j manual"
      ISBN: 2970036908 http://www.qos.ch/shop/products/clm_t.jsp =20


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