On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 09:46:50PM -0400, Tom Donovan wrote: > Maybe not threatening - but it is an eye-opener for some of us that the > Apache2 license protects "released" versions of Apache differently.
It doesn't. > My (possibly faulty) understanding was that the whole "Redistribution" > and "Disclaimer of Warranty" parts applied to *any* Apache software - > even if it was built from today's bug-ridden head revision of the trunk, It does. In order the protect *comitters* (not distributors) the ASF have some practises that allow it to (potentially) absorb some of the liability on releases. Because there's a vote and a chain of authority from the board yada yada yada in theory the release is made by the ASF as a corporate entity - not any single person. >From the point of view of a distributor, this practise may incline you to accept that a release is more "clean" but it makes no difference to your liability. As always though, if distributors have legal concerns about anything, then they should consult *their* lawyers. -- Colm MacCárthaigh Public Key: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
