Thanks Kevan. On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Kevan Miller <kevan.mil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Dec 6, 2011, at 12:54 PM, Patrick Hunt wrote: > >> 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? > > The parties are the ASF, not the TLPs. However, that doesn't mean you can > completely ignore TLP B's NOTICE file. > > TLP B's NOTICE file should contain the notice information for TLP B followed > by the required information for B's third-party works. > > TLP A's NOTICE does not need to (or should not) include the notice > information for TLP B (we're all part of the ASF), but TLP A's NOTICE does > need to include the third-party information from TLP B's NOTICE file. > > Concretely, assume this is TLP B's NOTICE: > > Apache B > Copyright 2011 The Apache Software Foundation > > This product includes software developed by > The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/). > > Portions of this software were developed by the Foo project at > http://foo.org > > The portion of this NOTICE relevant to TLP A is the information about the Foo > project. TLP A's NOTICE file need not mention TLP B, but does need to mention > Foo (assuming your embedding of B includes Foo). If it's obvious that the Foo > does not apply to your use of B (i.e. Foo is used for a C client that is not > used by TLP A), then you need not mention Foo. > > Assuming Foo is relevant, A's NOTICE would be: > > Apache A > Copyright 2011 The Apache Software Foundation > > This product includes software developed by > The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/). > > Portions of this software were developed by the Foo project at > http://foo.org > > --kevan > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >
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