On 8 May 2012 13:06, Emmanuel Lécharny <elecha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Comments inline > > Le 5/8/12 11:05 AM, sebb a écrit : >> >> On 8 May 2012 09:13, Francesco Chicchiriccò<ilgro...@apache.org> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Sebb, >>> you can find my replies embedded below. >>> >>> I am going to send a [CANCEL] reply to this thread, remove Nexus staging >>> repo and SVN tag, fix everything and start again the release process for >>> 1.0.0-RC1-incubating from scratch. >>> >>> Regards. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> The NOTICE file is very long; I suspect that not all of the entries are >>>> *required*. >>> >>> >>> The LICENSE and NOTICE files were written against the parent POM: all the >>> dependencies with scope != test were considered, then. >> >> The N&L files must relate to what is actually included in the archive. > > > We release sources, so making a distinction between scope != test > dependencies and scope=test dependencies does not make sense, AFAICT. If we > use a 3rd party product to test Syncope, then I think we must refer their > licenses in NOTICE and LICENSE.
No, AIUI the N&L files only relate to what is being released, not any external dependencies. >> >>>> For example, cglib is available under AL 2.0, so I don't think it needs >>>> to >>>> be mentioned in the NOTICE file. >>> >>> >>> All the AL 2.0 dependencies not from ASF were added anyway to the LICENSE >>> and NOTICE files; we preferred to have these two files with the same >>> entries, even though for different purposes. >> >> The NOTICE file has a specific purpose; it should *only* contain >> required notices. > > > The best would be to check the 3rd product licenses to see if they require > you to add the licenses. Yes. > But as we are not lawyers, and sometime Licenses > are written in a way that only a couple of judges plus the suprem court can > understand what is in it, I'd suggest that if you have a doubt, just include > them. The NOTICE file should only include *required* notices. If in doubt, ask on legal-discuss or via the legal JIRA. > In any case, as soon as the required notes are in the NOTICE file, it should > not be a blocker. It's important not to include extra stuff in the NOTICE file, because that can place additional burdens on downstream consumers. > > > -- > Regards, > Cordialement, > Emmanuel Lécharny > www.iktek.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
