HI,
While Apache Flex is not an incubating project I think this discussion may be
useful for incubating projects in a similar situation.
We just getting together the first release of Apache Flex FlexUnit4. In Apache
Flex FlexUnit 4 source files we have:
- 2200 files with Apache licensed files (donated by Digital Primates)
- 70 files BSD licensed files (copyright Adobe)
- 1 file with MIT licensed (copyright FlexLib)
All files have correct headers.
The Adobe licensed files are there to support FlexUnit 1 (made by Adobe) and
provide a web browser UI test running for running FlexUnit 4 and FlexUnit 1
style tests. The code in these files original comes from BSD licenced FlexUnit1
and is a small subset of that project. All but 2 of the Adobe licensed files
make up an optional browser UI test runner. The 2 remaining files are simple
data objects. Some of the Adobe licensed files have been modified by the
project but they still retain the Adobe licence headers. The single MIT
licensed file is also used in the UI test runner and is a text prompt component
from the FlexLib project.
It my understanding that the the conversation the other day on this list [1]
that permissive licences don't need to go into the LICENCE file, however the
chair of Apache Flex doesn't agree and thinks that the BSD and MIT licences
need to explicitly stated (in LICENCE or perhaps README) other than in the
headers of these files. There has been long discussion on the ApacheFlex dev
list and 3 Release candidates based on exactly what need to be in these
file/file headers but no consensus.
This is the current NOTICE file:
Apache Flex FlexUnit
Copyright 2014 The Apache Software Foundation
This product includes software developed at
The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).
The Developer of the Original Code, known as FlexUnit4,
is Digital Primates IT Consulting Group (http://www.digitalprimates.net).
Copyright (c) 2007-2011, Digital Primates IT Consulting Group.
The COPYRIGHT file contains the standard ALv2 LICENSE and nothing else.
Can anyone give any advice on if the above LICENCE and NOTICE file are correct
for the source release and if they are not what else needs to go into them?
Thanks,
Justin
1.http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/201403.mbox/%3cCAAS6=7g=pbo+igtarw1hka1au69h7zyb4azkt+z2n-fom0o...@mail.gmail.com%3e
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