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Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 22:58:14 -0700
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Subject: Re: When ASF files run away from home
From: Henri Yandell <bayard@apache.org>
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On b), yes. That's how it used to look up until a foundation wide
header change.

For example:

    http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/commons/proper/lang/tags/LANG_2_1/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang/ArrayUtils.java

Hen

On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Benson Margulies <bimargulies@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've recently been toiling in the vineyards of the cobertura maven
> plugin, which lives at codehaus. I've seen:
>
> a) files that seem to be original there but had the ASF version of the
> AL notice put on them. Apparently, someone was a little
> overenthusiastic.
>
> b) files with a notice of the form 'Copyright (c) someyear, Apache
> Software Foundation' followed by the license. I haven't looked really
> hard yet to see if those files are copies of ASF project files. Even
> so, that notice makes no sense to me at all. Has the ASF ever
> recommended such a thing for any purpose.
>
> I wonder if it would be a good thing for the web site to carry some
> concrete examples of how to comply with the license when copying (and
> modifying) ASF files?
>
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