I think this thread is helpful - its from Eclipse - http://www.eclipsezone.com/eclipse/forums/t116081.html
On 4 Jul 2012, at 09:19, Christian Schneider wrote: > My current understanding is that you can not assume you are allowed to use > code if it has no license. Is there an exception for generated/template code? > If yes then I am supporting this but we should make sure this works legally. > Can we get some confirmation about this from some license specialist from > apache or is this written down somehere already? > > Christian > > Am 04.07.2012 10:12, schrieb Guillaume Nodet: >> Generated code should not be licensed or copyrighted. It's up to the user >> to decide which license to use. >> So +1 for removing any header from generated code. >> >> On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Claus Ibsen <claus.ib...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> When end users of Camel uses the Camel Maven Archetypes to create new >>> projects >>> http://camel.apache.org/camel-maven-archetypes.html >>> >>> Then we generate a new skeleton Maven project for them. >>> >>> Currently these *generated* source files contains ASF license headers. >>> >>> I want to discuss if we should remove these ASF headers from the >>> *generated* files. >>> Our end users works in organization that build software, and they may >>> not use any license headers, >>> or use their own license headers, or use another kind of header. >>> >>> I think we should not include any license headers at all, and leave it >>> for the end users to decide for that. >>> >>> Any thoughts? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Claus Ibsen >>> ----------------- >>> FuseSource >>> Email: cib...@fusesource.com >>> Web: http://fusesource.com >>> Twitter: davsclaus, fusenews >>> Blog: http://davsclaus.com >>> Author of Camel in Action: http://www.manning.com/ibsen >>> >> >> > > > -- > Christian Schneider > http://www.liquid-reality.de > > Open Source Architect > Talend Application Integration Division http://www.talend.com >
