+1 (non-binding)
2013/7/1 sebb <[email protected]> > On 1 July 2013 03:56, Barrie Treloar <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 1 July 2013 06:52, sebb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Another problem: the NOTICE file contains the following spurious text: > >> > >> > ========================================================================= > >> == NOTICE file corresponding to the section 4 d of > == > >> == the Apache License, Version 2.0, > == > >> == in this case for the Apache Maven distribution. > == > >> > ========================================================================= > >> > >> This must not be present in NOTICE files, which are required to be as > >> short as possible (but no shorter). > >> > >> ASF NOTICE files must start as per the following example: > >> > >> ==================== > >> Apache Maven > >> Copyright 2001-2013 The Apache Software Foundation > >> > >> This product includes software developed at > >> The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/). > >> ================== > >> > >> Note also that the phrase should be "developed at" not "developed by" > >> - the distinction is important. > >> > >> Furthermore, the NOTICE file refers to additonal 3rd party software, > >> but there don't appear to be any LICENSE files for the software. > >> The licenses should either be in LICENSE.txt or linked therefrom. > > > > From what I can tell we have been failing this since August 2010. > > > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=maven.git;a=blob;f=apache-maven/NOTICE.txt;hb=bfaf11090a212f8445f2ad929af8acce5a984bf0 > > > > I can't find change history for > > http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html so I don't know if we > > have been failing all the time, or since it was changed. > > The leading text enclosed in == was never part of the NOTICE file; > AIUI it was added by Maven devs when producing the license plugin. > > Until fairly recently there was one ASF page which incorrectly said > "developed by" instead of "developed at"; AFAIK there are now no > incorrect references. > > > And I can see you've raised http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5487 > > to track this. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Baptiste <Batmat> MATHUS - http://batmat.net Sauvez un arbre, Mangez un castor !
