Hi All,
Finally we need to remove these files (see LEGAL-296), hence to remove the wiki
page. I don't think the functionality will be a big miss.
Comments before I drop both?
Jacques
Le 27/03/2017 à 13:43, Jacques Le Roux a écrit :
Done at https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-296
Jacques
Le 27/03/2017 à 11:57, Jacques Le Roux a écrit :
Thanks for the help Jacopo. I'll ask legal (create a Jira) and will report here
Jacques
Le 27/03/2017 à 09:54, Jacopo Cappellato a écrit :
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 8:48 AM, Jacques Le Roux <
jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote:
OK I was wrong, this is used as explained at
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Using+BIRT+with+OFBiz
Now the question is: is it sufficient to keep it? Because we have a kinda
license issue.
But if you carefully read http://www.apache.org/legal/re
solved.html#category-b there is a last point which was then discussed by
David and Scott.
<<For small amounts of source that is directly consumed by the ASF product
at runtime in source form, and for which that source is unmodified and
unlikely to be changed anyway (say, by virtue of being specified by a
standard), inclusion of appropriately labeled source is also permitted. An
example of this is the web-facesconfig_1_0.dtd, whose inclusion is mandated
by the JSR 127: JavaServer Faces specification>>
David suggested it was OK[1], Scott did not agree[2]. Now that I have a
look at it, it's 160 files, but only 541 523 bytes, and I don't see why
people would change them.
So I tend to think that if we appropriately label we can keep it. We could
ask legal if in doubt...
Opinions?
When it comes with license concerns, when if doubt my preference is to stay
on the safer side: in this case I would drop the folder.
Anyway, if you (or anyone else) is going to ask to legal, I would recommend
to ask a very precise question like:
"can these folder [URL to the external original Birt repo or distro],
licensed under [URL to the external original Birt license page] be included
in source form, without modifications, in an Apache (source) release? If
the answer is yes, are there any legal requirements (i.e. additions to
LICENSE and/or NOTICE file)?"
Jacopo
