Since IP clearance appears to have been done, I did an SVN update to take a look at the latest organization of the code.
I am concerned that the NOTICE information may be incomplete. For example, Jena2/jena/trunk/src/main/java/com/hp/hpl/jena/Jena.java has the standard ALv2 "Licensed to" comment with its reference to the NOTICE file. A possible concern for handling before an incubation release is appropriate: This file previously had a Copyright notice of Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP. At the foot of the page were the license conditions that applied previously. However, the first NOTICE file in the path back to Jena2 is Jena2/jena/trunk/NOTICE, which says Apache Jena Copyright 2011 The Apache Software Foundation This product includes software developed at The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/). which is incomplete. I suspect it is only used for projects that are exclusively developed at the ASF. Also, Jena2/jena/trunk/LICENSE has the expected ALv2 and also a statement about code contributed by Plugged In Software. I believe the Plugged In Software notice goes in NOTICE and that there must also be something about the H-P Development Company copyright and source of other code. If copyright was transferred (a mentor might be able to check), the wording might be different, but something like the Plugged in Software notice would be appropriate if not (and maybe even if copyright was transferred). I don't have access to all of the facts. I just noticed this situation and thought it important to check to see if the current treatment is appropriate with respect to SGA-covered code. - Dennis
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