So far I've just heard that all new releases must be using the new licence
post March 1st 2004.

Though doesn't hurt to sweep through CVS updating as time allows.

Hen

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> If all licenses must be updated by March 1st 2004, you'd better get us
> some "using" instructions really quickly, e.g.
>
> what goes in
>
> Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
>
> for all our existing code? Will someone need to look up the original
> author and all updaters in CVS?
> --
> dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting
> Blog:      http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/dion/
>
>
>
> Tetsuya Kitahata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 24/01/2004 12:01:01 PM:
>
> > Hello, Jakarta-Folks,
> >
> > Just a note (but very important)
> >
> > ++ brief summary ++
> >
> > > The Board has approved the new Apache License 2.0. For a copy of that
> > > license, please see http://www.apache.org/licenses/.
> > >
> > > The Board has also mandated that all ASF software must be switched to
> > > the new license by March 1st, 2004. Please watch this space for
> > > further instructions on how to "use" the new license.
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > ++ description ++
> >
> > > The 2.0 version of the Apache License was approved by the ASF (The
> > > Board has approved the new Apache License 2.0) in 2004. The goals of
> > > this license revision have been to reduce the number of frequently
> > > asked questions, to allow the license to be reusable without
> > > modification by any project (including non-ASF projects), to allow
> > > the license to be included by reference instead of listed in every
> > > file, to clarify the license on submission of contributions, to
> > > require a patent license on contributions that necessarily infringe
> > > the contributor's own patents, and to move comments regarding Apache
> > > and other inherited attribution notices to a location outside the
> > > license terms (the NOTICE file [1]).
> > >
> > > The result is a license that is compatible with other open source
> > > licenses, such as the GPL, and yet still remains true to the original
> > > goals of the Apache Group and supportive of collaborative development
> > > across both nonprofit and commercial organizations.
> > >
> > > All packages produced by the ASF will be implicitly licensed under
> > > the Apache License, version 2.0, unless otherwise explicitly stated.
> > >
> > > For more information, see Apache Licenses Page [2]
> >
> > [1] - http://www.apache.org/licenses/example-NOTICE.txt
> > [2] - http://www.apache.org/licenses/
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > You can also read this above from here:
> > http://jakarta.apache.org/site/elsewhere.html#20040121.1
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Tetsuya Kitahata --  Terra-International, Inc.
> > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  http://www.terra-intl.com/
> >
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