On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Upayavira <u...@odoko.co.uk> wrote: > > > On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:34 +0200, "Bernd Fondermann" > <bernd.fonderm...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 20:00, Donald Whytock <dwhyt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > What happens to a dormant podling? Are its files still accessible, >> > and does its licensing still apply? >> >> I'd guess that the files remain accessible. However... >> Please use unreleased code, especially from the Incubator, with extreme >> care. >> Nobody, especially not the ASF, will grant for it. > > Specifically, it is during the process of releasing that an ASF project > reviews the licenses included within a codebase. Taking code direct from > ASF subversion (and more particularly unreleased code), the ASF will > give no guarantees over licenses used. It would be legitimate to have > incompatibly licensed code in SVN, so long as it is removed before the > product is released. > > So yes, the code will be there, but no, the ASF will not be making any > statements about the licensing credentials of that code. Do with it as > you wish.
Agreed - the "Verify distribution rights" section of the incubation process. However, Bluesky haven't managed to check off the two copyright items. I think we should remove the source in svn rather than continuing to assume that we have a license to the code. Hen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
