> From: Peter Donald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 20:01, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: > > The small license doesn't protect us effectively. > > Thats false.
The small license text *does* need to be modified. /* * Copyright (C) The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved. * * This software is published under the terms of the Apache Software License * version 1.1, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in * the LICENSE.txt file. */ In order for me to be satisfied with the boiler plate, we either need the full license, or we need to update this text (making it a little longer): /* * Copyright (C) 2002 by The Apache Software Foundation. * All rights reserved. * * This software is licensed under the terms and conditions of the Apache * Software License version 1.1. A copy of the license has been included * with this distribution in the LICENSE.txt file. In the event that you * did not receive this source code in a distribution, you may read the * license online at http://jakarta.apache.org/avalon/license.html. * * This software is provided "AS IS", and the Apache Software Foundation * will not be held liable for its use or misuse. Full disclosure is in * the afformentioned license. */ The key differences are: 1) Date. Copyright law only protects you if you can prove prior art. The date is a critical piece of information to prove that point. 2) Instructions to find the license do not assume that the source was obtained as part of a distribution. WebCVS, or sending the code via email pulls the source code from its original context. 3) Reminder of the limited liability clause in the license. If we go to a short license, I highly recommend covering our butts with the longer "short" version above. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
