2009/11/23 David Crossley <cross...@apache.org>: > Ross Gardler wrote: >> David Crossley wrote: >> > Ross Gardler wrote: >> >> Tim Williams wrote: >> >> > >> >> > FOR-855 verify the license situation prior to each release >> >> > - housekeeping >> >> >> >> I believe Davids work with RAT fixes this issue. >> > >> > No it does not. There is much more to the job that that. >> >> I meant that running RAT shows all licence headers are in place. we >> still need to do the housekeeping work that is normal due diligence on >> a release, of course. > > I meant that FOR-855 has much more than just the license header situation. > I have been working on it steadily for a long time now, and there is more > to do.
OK, I should have reviewed the issue. I have no opinion on whether this is a blocker or not. I assumed that previous releases were legally sound (which I believe they were since we voted them through). Tim indicated that this was "housekeeping" which I took to mean the normal due diligence on a release. >> >> > FOR-1177 where does forrest use Rhino >> >> >> >> Not a blocker >> > >> > Yes it is. At the moment i think that it might be using an >> > unsuitable license. >> >> Why? Rhino is dual licensed under GPL and MPL. MPL is compatible, as >> long as we have the relevant NOTICE file. What am I missing that you >> are seeing? > > I will try to clarify it at FOR-1177. When our packaged version of > Rhino was prepared, it was probably the old NPL-licensed one. OK, so that's probably a blocker then - we need to update to the MPL version. Ross
