I've opened a couple LEGAL jiras on this stuff to nail it down:

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-118
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-119

Thanks all!

Patrick

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Patrick Hunt <ph...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Kevan Miller <kevan.mil...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Dec 5, 2011, at 9:45 PM, Niclas Hedhman wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 6:25 AM, Patrick Hunt <ph...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Personally I don't believe whirr is in error. Voldemort is under
>>>> Apache 2.0 license, and as such falls under this:
>>>> http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#required-third-party-notices
>>>
>>> See paragraph 4.4 of Apache License ver 2.0.
>>> If Voldemort contains a NOTICE file, then it must be carried forward.
>>> If it doesn't, IMHO you should have an entry in NOTICE that says the
>>> work contains the Voldemort component.
>>
>> Not IMHO… ;-)  If a NOTICE file is absent, ALv2 does not require any action. 
>> Most projects, that I'm aware of, do not create attributions in the NOTICE 
>> for 3rd party artifacts that are not explicitly required by the 3rd party 
>> license. If the Voldemort project wants an attribution, they should create a 
>> NOTICE file.
>>
>> If an apache project wants to create an unnecessary attribution, I'd let 
>> them (i.e. I wouldn't -1 the release)… Some people may feel more strongly on 
>> this matter… IMO, this does not need to be policy. Rather, it's a decision a 
>> project can make on it's own…
>>
>
> Here's another one, say Apache TLP A includes works from Apache TLP B,
> is this (B) a "third-party" work or not? Are the "parties" in this
> case singular "the ASF" or the TLPs? Specifically, do I need to
> include the NOTICE file from B in the NOTICE file for A?
>
> Patrick

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