Hi Justin, > On Mar 30, 2019, at 2:06 PM, Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: > > Hi, > >>> copyright issues on the cute cat and rabbit photos [1] probably mean that >>> they cannot put that release in the ASF distribution area even if they do >>> get 3 +1s without legal and infra approval. >> >> We have to look at risk here. Is there a risk that the owner of the images >> is going to make trouble? > > Professional photographers are generally protective of their work given it > how they make a living.
Absolutely. But professional photographers more likely object to use of their work in commercial settings. What I suggested in my comment on the JIRA is that this issue must be resolved, by either getting permission from the owner (perhaps Oracle did this already?) or by removing the file from the release. Craig > >> I think that if others want to dig into the details, I would encourage them >> to do so. But at this point, I do not believe that the issues you raised >> warrant a -1 on the release. > > There are still some issues to be revolved here still (missing license > information in LICENSE and missing license text) but yes it was my mistake to > vote -1 on that release. > > Thanks, > Justin > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > Craig L Russell Secretary, Apache Software Foundation c...@apache.org <mailto:c...@apache.org> http://db.apache.org/jdo <http://db.apache.org/jdo>
