David Van Couvering wrote: > I have to say I don't understand where we stand at this point. If > anybody can give me a recipe of what I should be doing I would > appreciate it...
I suggest you hold off doing anything yet, and give this time to sort out. -jean > David > > Daniel John Debrunner (JIRA) wrote: > >> [ >> http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-1377?page=comments#action_12422783 >> ] Daniel John Debrunner commented on DERBY-1377: >> ---------------------------------------------- >> >> The ASF claims copyright on the distribution, the collection of many >> contributions from many, so that is one case where >> Copyright [yyyy] The Apache Software Foundation >> is correct (though I'm not a laywer). >> >> It's interesting to read through the discussion in legal-disucss >> archives, follow the first [1] link Jean gave. One reading could be >> that notices of the form: >> >> Copyright [yyyy] The Apache Software Foundation >> >> are being removed from source files because they are legally >> incorrect, no copyright assignment at ASF. >> >> Since Derby is a somewhat new project it has been following the newer >> policy( that Andrew pointed out) and thus has legally correct notices: >> >> Copyright 1997, 2004 The Apache Software Foundation or its licensors, >> as applicable. >> Removing these might require the permission of the actual copyright >> holders, which might be a pain to track down as to who has copyright >> on each file (allowing multiple holders per file). The new ASF policy >> does allow copyright notices to be left in the header (but would >> prefer not to). >> >> >> >>> Update copyright headers to comply with new ASF policy >>> ------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> Key: DERBY-1377 >>> URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-1377 >>> Project: Derby >>> Issue Type: Bug >>> Components: Documentation >>> Affects Versions: 10.2.0.0 >>> Reporter: Jean T. Anderson >>> Assigned To: David Van Couvering >>> Priority: Blocker >>> Fix For: 10.2.0.0 >>> >>> >>> A new copyright header policy will take effect for distributions >>> released starting on Sep 1, 2006. Committers will receive >>> notification, but a heads up with details is in the legal-discuss >>> thread starting with >>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-legal-discuss/200606.mbox/[EMAIL >>> PROTECTED] >>> >>> Date was 1-Aug-2006, is now 1-Sep-2006: >>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-legal-discuss/200607.mbox/[EMAIL >>> PROTECTED] >>> >> >>
