Although the vote is over and successful, at this point I think I will just update the NOTICE file and bring in another RC for vote.
However, I am puzzled that this improvement (not blocker) is attracting -1 votes. I would have expected +1 or 0 with improvement suggestion, specifically because I see that this is a very common pattern in many if not most of the major Apache TLP projects. The two entries in our NOTICE file is for: bootstrap and Glyphicon icons. And, for exactly the same included bits, here are the NOTICE files for a few other major TLPs: Apache Hadoop: https://github.com/apache/hadoop/blob/trunk/NOTICE.txt <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://github.com/apache/hadoop/blob/trunk/NOTICE.txt&sa=D&source=hangouts&ust=1522643463206000&usg=AFQjCNGI8Ip-PaJG9FI1khGSq5ErPtu6eQ> Apache HBase: https://github.com/apache/hbase/blob/master/NOTICE.txt <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://github.com/apache/hbase/blob/master/NOTICE.txt&sa=D&source=hangouts&ust=1522643463206000&usg=AFQjCNGuWUiULf55KJuDhruPujU8zDiLhg> Apache Ambari: https://github.com/apache/ambari/blob/trunk/ ambari-web/app/assets/licenses/NOTICE.txt <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://github.com/apache/ambari/blob/trunk/ambari-web/app/assets/licenses/NOTICE.txt&sa=D&source=hangouts&ust=1522643463206000&usg=AFQjCNHhiS9lcjtDZJi0LCRVKBBkiFslmw> Apache Spark: https://github.com/apache/spark/blob/master/NOTICE <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://github.com/apache/spark/blob/master/NOTICE&sa=D&source=hangouts&ust=1522643463206000&usg=AFQjCNEyNwgI9q--GLEqJJXMLE9gPxD9VQ> .. there are many more, but I stopped at these. So, isn't enforcing improvements on podling not harsh when it does not attracts -1 or blocks releases for other Apache TLP releases? Abhishek On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 3:12 PM, Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: > Hi, > > It's hard to come up with a single simple sentence that applies in all > cases. So when I said "if something is bundled then it's license and > copyright needs to be in LICENSE not NOTICE.” I’m wrong as it's not going > to all cover all cases. > > For bundling Apache licensed (v2) bits of software the copyright isn’t in > the license. If the software has a NOTICE file then that is very likely > going to effect your NOTICE file - which I think what Sebb was getting at > and this is certainly the most common situation. > > In general other permissive licenses (like MIT and BSD) include a > copyright line in the license text and theres’s no need to include anything > in NOTICE. > > Then we come to required notices which are going to be uncommon. The > licenses with required notices (ignoring ALv2) that I know of are the BSD > with advertising clause (Category X), CDDL (list of modifications and how > to get source) and MPL (info how to get source code) which are both > Category B. None of these would be bundled in a source release (but may > affect a binary one). I can’t think of any category A license which has a > required notices. Does anyone know of one? > > Thanks, > Justin > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
