Torsten Curdt wrote: > >> - All releases made after March 1 must use the new Apache License 2.0. > >> Please note that this applies to *all* releases, even maintenance > >> releases where the original went out under the 1.1 license. > >> Please see http://www.apache.org/dev/apply-license.html for more > >> information on applying the license. > > Shall we tackle the update this week? > > >> * In conjunction with the the discussion about relicensing and some > >> copyright issues, the Board is establishing an official policy in this > >> area: > >> - each and every file must have exactly *one* Copyright line, > >> specifying > >> The Apache Software Foundation. additional individual or corporate > >> copyrights are not allowed. > >> (of course, binary files or certain restrictively formatted files > >> cannot include the copyright and license, but the copyright/license > >> header should be in everything possible) > > Does this mean we have to have the full licence in each file > ...or is the one and only copyright line good enough - if > there is a reference to the licence?
My reading is that we need the short "boilerplate" version in every file. See http://www.apache.org/dev/apply-license.html#new and follow the link to the example "boilerplate". > >> - author tags are officially discouraged. these create difficulties in > >> establishing the proper ownership and the protection of our > >> committers. there are other social issues dealing with collaborative > >> development, but the Board is concerned about the legal ramifications > >> around the use of author tags > > We had quite a discussion about this... > ..so remove the author tags on the same update? > > WDYGT +1 --David
