I guess the PMC should be responsive to this kind of question. Can you not depend on a library containing these files? Why include the source directly?
On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 3:16 PM, Sergey Shelukhin <ser...@hortonworks.com> wrote: > Ping? Where do I write about such matters if not here. > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Sergey Shelukhin <ser...@hortonworks.com > > > wrote: > > > Suppose I want to use a Java source within Hive that has this header (I > > don't now, but I was considering it and may want it later ;)): > > > > /* > > * Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166 > > * Expert Group and released to the public domain, as explained at > > * http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain > > */ > > > > As far as I see the class is not available in binary distribution, and > > there are projects on github that use it as is and add their license on > top. > > Can I add it to Apache (Hive) codebase? > > Should Apache license header be added? Should the original header be > > retained? > > > > > > > > -- > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, > privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader > of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that > any printing, copying, dissemination, distribution, disclosure or > forwarding of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately > and delete it from your system. Thank You. >
