Hi Peter, This is a question for the Http Components community. --kevan
On Aug 9, 2013, at 6:32 AM, Polhodzik Peter (ext) <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Apache Legal, > > In two Apache components there seems to be some mixing up in connection with > a copyrighted annotation „Java Concurrency in Practice” Copyright (c) 2005 > Brian Goetz and Tim Peierls and Creative Commons Attribution License 2.5. > Jcip concurrency annotation source is relicensed to Apache License 2.0 party, > partly left its Creative Commons Attribution License within the same Apache > distribution. Here are the details: > > 1. HttpComponents-Client 4.2.1 – this LICENSE file > \httpcomponents-client-4.2.1-src.zip\httpcomponents-client-4.2.1\LICENSE.txt > has two licenses inside: Apache 2.0 and Creative Commons Attribution License: > > „ Apache License > Version 2.0, January 2004 > http://www.apache.org/licenses/ > (...) > This project contains annotations derived from JCIP-ANNOTATIONS > Copyright (c) 2005 Brian Goetz and Tim Peierls. > See http://www.jcip.net and the Creative Commons Attribution License > (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)” > > However, the actual annotation marks the same as Apache in the source code > \httpcomponents-client-4.2.1-src.zip\httpcomponents-client-4.2.1\jcip-annotations.py > : > > „# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one > # or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file > # distributed with this work for additional information > # regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file > # to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0(...)” > > à What is the license of JCIP-ANNOTATIONS in this Apache distribution: Apache > or Creative Commons 2.5? > > _______________________________________________ > > > 2. HttpComponents-Core 4.2.1 — similar to Client, this file > \httpcomponents-core-4.2.1-src.zip\httpcomponents-core-4.2.1\LICENSE.txt has > only one license (Apache 2.0), but the NOTICE file still refers to the > original copyright: > > > „This project contains annotations derived from JCIP-ANNOTATIONS > Copyright (c) 2005 Brian Goetz and Tim Peierls. See http://www.jcip.net” > > Finally, the actual annotation is marked as Apache in the source code in > every file in > \httpcomponents-core-4.2.1-src.zip\httpcomponents-core-4.2.1\httpcore\src\main\java\org\apache\http\annotation\: > > „# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one > # or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file > # distributed with this work for additional information > # regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file > # to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0(...)” > > Hope I could make it clear. > > Thank you for answers, > > Üdvözlettel / Best Regards, > > Péter POLHODZIK > License Clearing Specialist > <image001.jpg> > Phone: > +36 (46) 5-17894 > Fax: > +36 (46) 5-17801 > [email protected] > evosoft Hungary Kft. > Arany János tér 1. > H-3508 Miskolc > www.evosoft.com > --------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
