2011/11/21 Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org>: > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Andrea Pescetti > <pesce...@openoffice.org> wrote: >> Rob Weir wrote: >>> >>> So in total, maybe something like: >>> ========= >>> Copyright © 2011 Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved. >> >> I'm not sure about this. Is there any code that is under the Apache >> copyright? As far as I know, the copyright still belongs to Oracle and >> third-party contributors. >> > > See: http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html > > We (the PMC) create a work when we select collectively select what > patches to apply, etc. Apache claims a copyright on that collective > work. Remember, an OSS license is only enforceable by an entity that > owns the copyright. So it is good that we claim this. > > Oracle may have copyright on portions as well, as may others, but > those are noted in the NOTICE file.
I think it would be better to use the same wording that there will be in the NOTICE file (according to http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html): "Apache [PRODUCT_NAME] Copyright [yyyy] The Apache Software Foundation *This product includes software developed at The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/)*." In this way Apache wouldn't claim* full rights* (including intellectual ownership) in the about dialog box that instead is denying in a hypothetical NOTICE file for specific files. Regards, Gianluca -- Lettura gratuita o acquisto di libri e racconti di fantascienza, fantasy, horror, noir, narrativa fantastica e tradizionale: http://www.letturefantastiche.com/
