Steve Blackmon sblack...@apache.org
On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 7:01 PM, Steve Blackmon <sblack...@apache.org> wrote: > Justin, > > The short answer is the project has not asked for permission from any > data providers to include data sourced from their APIs as test data. > > I'm not expecting a rush to add +1s to a vote after legal has been > mentioned in the thread, so I'll cancel it. > > I'll prepare a new release with all test resources with unclear > licensing removed and the tests that require them deactivated for now. > > Steve Blackmon > sblack...@apache.org > > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Justin Mclean > <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> It passes all the basic checks for a release, but sorry it's -1 (binding) >> from me until the likely copyright issues around the test data are sorted >> out. >> >> I checked: >> - release has incubating in the name >> - signature and hashes fine >> - DISCLAIMER exists >> - LICENSE and NOTICE fine for the code but see below >> - No unexpected binary files >> - All source files have Apache headers >> - Can compile from source >> >> I think there's also a very minor issue with the NOTICE file. The copyright >> year range is 2012-2015. I assume that date range also includes the original >> copyright owners who should be added to the NOTICE file. >> >> However of concern is the test data, it looks like there's data in there >> from twitter, facebook, instragram, google+, wikipedia, reddit, amazon, the >> economist and other places. Does the project have permission to distribute >> this data from the copyright owners? (If so I would of also expected the >> owners to be aded to the LICENSE file, assuming that is the content is >> obtainable under an Apache compatible license in the first place.) >> >> One possible solution to make a release without the test data. The files in >> question may also be required to be removed from Apache hosted version >> control. I'm not a lawyer and it may be best to ask legal-discuss@ for >> advice on what to do here. >> >> Thanks, >> Justin >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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
