no mistake, but it is a requirement for us to distribute code at apache. you are free to remove and relicense as you wish.
On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Martin Sidaway <msida...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm a bit puzzled by the Apache license notice present in the following > files after doing "cordova create": > > www/index.html > www/js/index.js > www/css/index.css > > The trouble is that if I begin my project by extending those files, it > seems like the Apache license covers my changes as well as the original > template. It also seems like I am saying that my changes are "licensed to > the Apache Software Foundation under one or more contributor license > agreements". And it doesn't seem like the Apache license would allow me to > remove those notices. > > So am I right in thinking that if I want to develop software that I might > not intend to be Apache-licensed and/or licensed to ASF, I have to delete > these 3 files and start from scratch? > > This sort of thing seems a little inappropriate in a template. Basically > what it means is that I have to (1) work out what the template does and > which parts I actually need to begin a project, (2) rewrite those parts by > hand (basic html document structure, meta/viewport tag, etc.) taking care > not to resort to copy/paste, (3) gradually realise that the aspects of my > app that behave inconveniently on certain platforms correspond to things I > chose not to copy over from the template. > > Is there any other way to approach this? Is it a mistake? > > Thanks. >
