> You see in that Mark recommends including the project name/copyright line in the NOTICE file as I’ve suggested to you.
Are you sure about that? Mark is talking about what they did for the Tomcat NOTICE, with no mention of Commons: https://github.com/apache/tomcat/blob/master/NOTICE And the result was this Accumulo NOTICE: https://github.com/apache/accumulo/blob/master/NOTICE On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 3:56 PM Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > 1. Should the entire file header be moved into NOTICE when a > third-party > > file is contributed, or should we edit it > > When a 3rd party file is contributed, it’s header stays were it is on the > file, it’s not moved to NOTICE. It the file was part of a software grant > then the copyright notice is added to NOTICE. > > > 2. When including all or part of another ASF project is the standard > > NOTICE sufficient? > > No it depends on the content of it's NOTICE file (and what parts you have > bundled). > > > I went back through legal-discuss and found that #2 has already been > asked > > and answered on https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-234. > > You see in that Mark recommends including the project name/copyright line > in the NOTICE file as I’ve suggested to you. > > > If the source file is submitted with a copyright notice included in it, > the > > copyright owner (or owner’s agent) must either: > > a. remove such notices, or > > b. move them to the NOTICE file associated with each applicable project > > release, or > > c. provide written permission for the ASF to make such removal or > > relocation of the notices. > > You note it states to move the copyright notice not the header. > > License information belongs in LICENSE, other notices in NOTICE. > > Thanks, > Justin > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > -- Ryan Blue Software Engineer Netflix
