Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-legal-discuss-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 17868 invoked from network); 8 Jan 2008 22:32:35 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 8 Jan 2008 22:32:35 -0000 Received: (qmail 14452 invoked by uid 500); 8 Jan 2008 22:32:23 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-legal-discuss-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 14352 invoked by uid 500); 8 Jan 2008 22:32:23 -0000 Mailing-List: contact legal-discuss-help@apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list legal-discuss@apache.org Received: (qmail 14341 invoked by uid 99); 8 Jan 2008 22:32:23 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:32:23 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=10.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [195.188.213.6] (HELO smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk) (195.188.213.6) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:32:11 +0000 Received: from [172.23.170.141] (helo=anti-virus02-08) by smtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1JCMzL-0007TP-Cm; Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:32:03 +0000 Received: from [82.38.65.6] (helo=[10.0.0.27]) by asmtp-out3.blueyonder.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1JCMlj-00031w-1F; Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:17:59 +0000 Subject: Re: Notice and License files in JavaDoc jars From: Robert Burrell Donkin To: Craig L Russell Cc: Niall Pemberton , Legal Discuss In-Reply-To: References: <55afdc850801080839n1b3942ccrae2e57da88706991@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-YafD9kjGBFU1XS+8lFFy" Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:17:58 +0000 Message-Id: <1199830678.29026.2.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.1 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --=-YafD9kjGBFU1XS+8lFFy Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 14:01 -0800, Craig L Russell wrote: > Hi Niall, >=20 > I understand this to the policy on this issue [1] > "Does the policy apply to binary/object files, such as executables or =20 > JAR files? >=20 > Yes. Even if there are no source files within the release, the =20 > LICENSE file and NOTICE file are still both required within every ASF =20 > distribution -- whether the unit of distribution is =20 > a .jar, .msi, .tar/.?gz, .zip, .exe installer, or any other file =20 > format used for distributions. For example, Windows .exe files must =20 > not be used as a unit of distribution unless they are installers and =20 > include the LICENSE and NOTICE files in their installation." >=20 > To me, this means that any release must contain the LICENSE and =20 > NOTICE files. The question is "What is a distribution?" >=20 > The way I read it, if someone can download a documentation jar file, =20 > it's a distribution. If someone can use maven to automatically =20 > download a dependent jar file, it's a distribution. The only time a =20 > documentation jar file can omit the LICENSE and NOTICE files is if =20 > it's bundled inside a distribution that itself contains the LICENSE =20 > and NOTICE files. +1 (that's the way i intended it to be read and the way i interpret policy) - robert --=-YafD9kjGBFU1XS+8lFFy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBHg/aWl6Otx30NTe0RAlnpAJ9qikAwGDQtp5VShCehk4vlwt+UnACcC92P 602LG8RN7S1GGu6FltcEiZ8= =6ncP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-YafD9kjGBFU1XS+8lFFy--