On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 6:53 PM, Dmitriy Setrakyan <dsetrak...@apache.org> wrote:
> I think we made a mistake and imported the wrong version of the source > code. The same version is provided here by Doug Lee without the GPL > headers, but only with Public Domain header: > http://gee.cs.oswego.edu/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/jsr166/src/jsr166e/ > > I guess we will have to resubmit the release, unless you can accept it in > the current shape. Please advise. If the files don't contain any GPL IP, then what we have is a "licensing documentation bug": there's public domain IP which is perfectly fine to include, but it's misleadingly labeled. Shipping a release which contains such IP does not pose any legal problems. Contrast that with a licensing error, such as GPL IP onto which someone has slapped an ALv2 header. Shipping such a release could leave users and redistributors open to a claim of copyright violation. Licensing documentation bugs can vary from inconsequential to catastrophic depending on how badly they mislead downstream consumers. It seems to me that while this one might cause alarm, it shouldn't cause anybody to do anything illegal. So long as you are *certain* that those *exact* versions of the files are available under Doug Lea's public domain dedication and contain no GPL mods, I think it's OK. I'd suggest opening a ticket to correct the headers. Marvin Humphrey --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
