That would do it for me, but its been a contentious issue in the Incubator so you may want to try to find one more person who says they'd vote +1, another mentor or something, before going to the trouble of a respin like that.
...ant On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Reto Bachmann-Gmür <r...@apache.org> wrote: > Thanks for the explanation and pointers. > > The reason the license files is not at the root is that we are releasing a > few dozen modules which are released together for voting convenience but > could also released separately. I suggest to add a note in the readme > pointing out that the some modules contain additional license and notice > files. > > Cheers, > Reto > > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:10 AM, ant elder <antel...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> The issue is that ASF release artifacts should have in their root a >> LICENSE file which includes all the licensing details of the artifact. >> >> This source release artifact, >> clerezza-0.2-incubating-source-release.zip, does have a LICENSE file >> at its root, but that file has no mention that the source distribution >> also contains YUI which is BSD licensed. >> >> Ok you have now pointed out that the BSD license is in fact included >> in the source distribution in a file named >> web.resources.yui\LICENSE.bsd.yahoo.txt, but that was not at all >> obvious and i didn't find it when looking for the license. >> >> The traditional approach for ASF releases is to copy all the licenses >> into the top-level LICENSE file so that they are very easy to see. >> Some projects don't like that so have the third party licenses >> somewhere else. Some people say if you use the somewhere else approach >> then the top level LICENSE must at least have a link to them, i don't >> know if that is strictly required perhaps if they are all collected >> somewhere obvious like a top-level folder named licenses that might be >> enough too. But just having all the license scattered about in the >> distribution in no obvious place and with no high level doc pointing >> out that they exist is not enough IMHO. >> >> There was some discussion about this in >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-31 (which i note is still >> open!). >> >> ...ant >> >> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Reto Bachmann-Gmür >> <m...@farewellutopia.com> wrote: >> > Thank you for reviewing the release candidate >> > >> > I'm not sure what the issue with the source distribution is: the >> > module web.resources.yui mentions the yahoo copyright in the notice >> > file and the bsd license is included. >> > >> > I guess this should also be the case for the launchers and thus the >> > binary distribution zip. >> > >> > That the name of the binary release doesn't match the one of the >> > source release is intended. The source release is a distribution of >> > many components, the binary release is a release of the launcher which >> > contains most but not all the components. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Reto >> > >> > On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 10:00 AM, ant elder <ant.el...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Reto Bachmann-Gmür <r...@apache.org> >> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >> >>> >> >>> Clerezza 0.2 is ready for release. This will be our first incubator >> >>> release. >> >>> >> >>> We had a preliminary vote in the PPMC, which has been accepted, the +1 >> >>> votes include the one from IPMC member Tommaso Teofili. >> >>> >> >>> The PPMC vote result is here: >> >>> >> >>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-clerezza-dev/201201.mbox/%3CCALvhUEXQVsKro6jRBY06%2B2fh6TGv5yBkAGd3Eoj6mqiQ%3DCe1hQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E >> >>> >> >>> We need two more IPMC votes to pass. >> >>> >> >>> Please vote on releasing Clerezza parent and all the modules in the >> >>> release profile. >> >>> >> >>> A zip with the source distribution and one with an executable binary >> >>> distribution (jena tdb based launcher) are available with their >> >>> signatures at: >> >>> >> >>> http://people.apache.org/~reto/clerezza-release-201201/ >> >>> >> >>> In svn the release version is tagged parent-0.2-incubating. >> >>> >> >>> Keys: >> >>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/clerezza/trunk/KEYS >> >>> >> >>> The vote is open for 72 hours, or until we get the needed number of >> >>> votes >> >>> (3 +1). >> >>> >> >>> [ ] +1 Release this package as Apache Clerezza 0.2-incubating >> >>> [ ] -1 Do not release this package because... >> >>> >> >>> To learn more about Apache Clerezza visit: >> >>> http://incubator.apache.org/clerezza/ >> >>> >> >>> Cheers, >> >>> Reto >> >>> >> >> >> >> Unfortunately there are some licensing issues. >> >> >> >> The source distribution includes YUI which is BSD licensed so this >> >> needs to be mentioned and the BSD license needs to be included in the >> >> source distribution LICENSE file. >> >> >> >> There are similar issues with the binary distribution which includes >> >> many third party artifacts with various licenses and none of those are >> >> mentioned anywhere that i could find. Its a big release so I've not >> >> checked the details, I think you need to do a legal audit of the >> >> release artifacts to find whats there and what needs to be added to >> >> the LICENSE and NOTICE files. Ask your mentors or here on general@ if >> >> you're not sure how to do it. >> >> >> >> Otherwise the release all looks pretty good a couple of minor comments >> >> are: >> >> - the NOTICE file date has 2011 and that could be changed to 2012. >> >> - the name of the binary distribution artifact doesn't match the name >> >> of the source artifact or include the release version >> >> >> >> ...ant >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> >> >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
