On 16 July 2013 08:41, Emmanuel Lécharny <elecha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Le 7/16/13 1:14 AM, sebb a écrit : >> Have you seen this? >> >> http://www.apache.org/dev/licensing-howto.html#mod-notice >> >> It suggests that additions to NOTICE should be quite rare. > > The NOTICE files just contain the Apache License reference as of today. > The one used for binary contains a ref rto SLF4J and Protobuf, which are > distributed with the bin. I think this corretly fits with the requirements.
I'm not sure that entries in NOTICE are required. If not required, it must not be added. > The very same for the LICENSE files. Yes, LICENSE does need entries (or pointers to other files) for all included bits. >> >> It is important that the N&L files relate to the bits which are >> actually included. >> >> This means that the N&L files at the top level of SVN can be used >> directly for the source archive, as the archive and SVN should >> generally agree (bar maybe the DOAP). >> >> The binary archive may need additional License (and occasionally) >> Notice entries, depending what is additionally bundled. > Yes. It has been corrected yesterday, and I just pushed the modifications. > > > > Btw, I really think that the > http://www.apache.org/dev/licensing-howto.html is far from being easy to > understand for not native english speakers, especially by those who have > not a degree in law school... What is not clear? Please raise that with Infra. > There are a few use cases that would > benefit the whole community if they were included in this page, like : > - junit, what to do regarding N&L files ? > - slf4j/log4j, what to do regarding N&L files? In that case, please ask on legal discuss / infra. > - transitive dependencies like cal10n-api.jar (inlcuded by slf4j), what > to do regarding N&L files ? (note that it could be a dependency of > another jar than slf4j, I just picked this one because I know that slf4j > depends on this jar). Transitive dependencies are no different from other dependencies - are the bits actually included? > > > > -- > Regards, > Cordialement, > Emmanuel Lécharny > www.iktek.com >
