On Jan 22, 2008 6:23 PM, Craig L Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think the terminology in the subject is wrong. > > You are not "moving a failed incubation project." That project is dead. > > What you can do is to use the code in another project, and assume all > responsibility to verify that the license in the code is correct. > > What you can't do is to use the Apache brand for another project, > meaning to use the package names including apache if it's not an > Apache project.
I thought the whole point of the AL was that pepople could take code away and do whatever they want with it - it doesn't say in the AL you can "do whatever you want with it as long as you rename the packages". Niall > And please be aware that the code might be tainted. Since it never > left incubation, the code's provenance might never have been vetted. > So you don't really know what you're getting, in terms of ownership, > license, patent, etc. If you use the code you're responsible for > making sure it's really ok. > > Craig > > > On Jan 21, 2008, at 6:23 PM, Hans Granqvist wrote: > > > Hi > > > > I want to move a failed incubation project (TSIK) to Google Code, > > but the source is full of org.apache.* packages, so I'm not sure > > what the right way to do this is. (The code would keep the same > > ASF 2.0 license.) > > > > Changing the package names will break any and all code, so if > > it'd be great if that's avoidable. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
