2010/1/14 Bill Stoddard <[email protected]> > On 1/14/10 6:31 AM, Samuel Kevin wrote: > >> yeah, i can't get the output now. Here's some export message. >> Unapproved licenses: >> >> RealClass/DTU/Makefile >> RealClass/DTU/Makefile.am >> RealClass/DTU/Makefile.in >> RealClass/DTU/acconfig.h >> RealClass/DTU/acinclude.m4 >> RealClass/DTU/autogen.sh >> .................................... >> >> >> 1. do i need to add ASL license header to those files which are already >> >> licensed license? If it is so, i need to keep the original license, >> right? >> 2. some of the "Unapproved licenses" are GPLed like ltmain.sh which is >> >> exception and legal under ASL. I remember that such file is not >> relicensed >> with ASL in an Apache project. So, do i need to add ASL license to >> these >> files? >> >> thanks a lot. >> regards, >> Kevin >> >> > > Hi, Kevin. > Do not change the license or add the ASL license to these files. Only the > author (or copyright owner) of the file can change the license of that file. > > As you know, ASF projects are not allowed to redistribute GPL or LGPL code > (or any other code with license that impose restrictions on our users). It > is, however, generally acceptable to use GPL/LGPL tools in our development > and build processes (GNU compilers, autoconf, buildconf, libtool, et. al.) >
> These files (.m4 files and all) appear to be files generated by buildconf, > autoconf or libtool, if i recall correctly. If so, I don't think these > files will be included in your RealClass distribution. This is the > question: for every file that rat flags as a problem, is that file > distributed, in source or binary form, with the RealClass binary we will > provide to our users? FYI, the Apache httpd build process produces similar > artifacts that are not distributed with the http server. Hope this helps. > > yes, i knew that. I've consult such problem in legal discussion. i quote the example of httpd, and someone show me an example of CrouchDB, they use the same, kind of, files in svn. and i remember that Sam Ruby fixed the redistribution problem with files generated with autotools etc. it should be : https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-58?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel regards, Kevin > Bill > > > 2010/1/14 Luciano Resende<[email protected]> >> >> >> >>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Samuel Kevin<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> if there any difference on using it based on different operating system? >>>> >>>> >>> i >>> >>> >>>> run *java rat.report * under windows but only come up with this error >>>> "Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: rat/report". >>>> >>>> >>> I >>> >>> >>>> am not familiar with java, do i need to configure something or should i >>>> choose Linux to run RAT ? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> As I mentioned before, you should do : >>> >>> java -jar<path to rat jar> <folder to check> >>> >>> and, alternatively, redirect the output to a file >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Luciano Resende >>> http://people.apache.org/~lresende<http://people.apache.org/%7Elresende> >>> <http://people.apache.org/%7Elresende> >>> http://lresende.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > -- Bowen Ma a.k.a Samuel Kevin @ Bluesky Dev Team XJTU Shaanxi Province Key Lab. of Satellite and Terrestrial Network Tech http://incubator.apache.org/bluesky/
