Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-community-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 91950 invoked from network); 25 Feb 2004 07:53:29 -0000 Received: from daedalus.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (208.185.179.12) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 25 Feb 2004 07:53:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 88172 invoked by uid 500); 25 Feb 2004 07:53:01 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-community-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 87793 invoked by uid 500); 25 Feb 2004 07:52:58 -0000 Mailing-List: contact community-help@apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Reply-To: community@apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list community@apache.org Received: (qmail 87738 invoked from network); 25 Feb 2004 07:52:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO confixx.bestiole.ch) (66.111.0.243) by daedalus.apache.org with SMTP; 25 Feb 2004 07:52:58 -0000 Received: from codeconsult.ch (lsn-boi-catv-c121-p001.vtx.ch [212.147.121.1]) by confixx.bestiole.ch (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i1P7r8P32029 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 08:53:08 +0100 Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 08:53:02 +0100 Subject: Re: Violation of ASF license, how to resolve? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v553) From: Bertrand Delacretaz To: community@apache.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.553) X-Spam-Rating: daedalus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Le Mardi, 24 f=E9v 2004, =E0 16:54 Europe/Zurich, Dirk-Willem van Gulik = a=20 =E9crit : > ...If you need a formal hand - just ask - but in general what we do in=20= > these cases is to write a gentle letter; get a dialoge going, point=20 > out the license and then help the other party to come into compliance.=20= > The key aspect of this is helping and educating... Certainly. The dialogue is going, with a friendly phone call with=20 someone from the company who wrote the software. Totally ok about=20 educating. Would the foundation write such a letter, or do you want me to do it?=20 If so I'd post the key points here before writing. > >> In addition to fixing the problem in a new release of their software,=20= >> my suggestion would be for them to include a visible notice on the=20 >> main web page where the software is found, with a link to a page that=20= >> explains the situation (and apologies to the ASF?). > > That would be a nice thing to do - and if they feel really really=20 > guilty - we are always open for donations, patches, bugfixes or some=20= > lovely french translations of doc's - but first I would focus on=20 > ensuring that going forward the issue is resolved; the last thing we=20= > want is getting bug-reports about *their* app from the tax-payers of=20= > CH in our bug tracker :-) due to such a link... You're right about the link, so maybe we should just ask for a notice=20 on their website indicating that ASF software has been redistributed=20 without the required licences, and that this will be fixed in the next=20= release? I'd also add a note about contributions and bug fixes in the letter,=20 bug this goes more for the company who developed the software than for=20= the county who's only distributing it. -Bertrand --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: community-unsubscribe@apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: community-help@apache.org