On 10/22/05, Matt Brozowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am getting ready to contribute a big revision of the Maven2 Plugin > for Castor to the Mojos project at (mojo.codehaus.org) I have > constructed this new plugin by using the CastorSourceGenTask Ant Task > as a base. I am unsure what copyright I need to include at the top of > the code. Can some help?
The CastorSourceGenTask holds a copyright from Intalio, Inc., the company that used to sponsor Castor. This isn't really the issue with which you should be concerned. Your concern should be more with the license and it's allowances and disallowances. This class sports the Exolab License, a derivative of the BSD license which is extremely flexible. The Exolab License is based on the following terms: 1) Redistribution of the class must retain the Exolab License (at the head of the class) 2) Redistribution in binary form must provide a copy of the Exolab License (in a separate file) 3) The term Exolab cannot be used to market the class 4) Derivations of the class must not use the term Exolab 5) Due credit should be given to Exolab (this requirement will have already been met if the first two items are fulfilled) These requirements are very small and quite standard. I wouldn't worry about them too much. Include the copyright notices and you'll be fine. Also, just an FYI, although Intalio is still in business, it no longer sponsors Castor and has little interest in the open source project. > Also, I would like the new plugin to be licensed with ASL 2. Is this a > problem? The plugin itself can be licensed with the Apache License version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/) just fine (i.e., the class(es) you create). Just don't change the license on the CastorSourceGenTask and you'll be fine. If you have any additional questions just let me know. HTH Bruce -- perl -e 'print unpack("u30","D0G)[EMAIL PROTECTED]&5R\"F)R=6-E+G-N>61E<D\!G;6%I;\"YC;VT*" );' The Castor Project http://www.castor.org/ Apache Geronimo http://geronimo.apache.org/ ------------------------------------------------- If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, please send an empty message to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------
