I'm really worried about the growing meme that RAT is solving the IP management
problem.
It is not a solution, it is merely a tool that is useful for a very specific
use case.
All it does is do a pattern match for an Apache licence header in a bunch of
files. It's really useful for checking
Ross, while I understand the All it does part I don't get the
dangerous part.
I think noone has ever announced RAT as a solution. It is a helper
tool. I think the recommendation to use RAT (for what it offers) is
just plainly right. Nothing more - nothing less.
Jochen
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Jochen Wiedmann
jochen.wiedm...@gmail.com wrote:
Ross, while I understand the All it does part I don't get the
dangerous part.
I think noone has ever announced RAT as a solution. It is a helper
tool. I think the recommendation to use RAT (for what it offers)
On 2010-08-17, Jochen Wiedmann wrote:
Ross, while I understand the All it does part I don't get the
dangerous part.
It becomes dangerous if people start to believe it did more than scan
for licenses.
Stefan
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On 17/08/2010 10:15, Jochen Wiedmann wrote:
Ross, while I understand the All it does part I don't get the
dangerous part.
There have been a number of people who have stated things like
(paraphrasing) IP management issues have largely gone away now we have
RAT. I'm sure the statements are not
On 17/08/2010 10:45, Stefan Bodewig wrote:
On 2010-08-17, Jochen Wiedmann wrote:
Ross, while I understand the All it does part I don't get the
dangerous part.
It becomes dangerous if people start to believe it did more than scan
for licenses.
More specifically scan for *only* Apache
Hi,
I understand the fear. With any tool like that and, indeed,
process, it
is all too common to go through the motions and ignore the spirit of why it
was being done in the first place. When preparing a release I found
it necessary to wade through the available documentation to find out
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Stuart Monteith stuk...@stoo.me.uk wrote:
If I am to offer a suggestion, I would suggest that there be a clear release
process documented in a single location, with the rational for each of its
steps
included.
Is this what you'd want?
Thanks - I think it's my crusty memory - the problems I had was
determining precisely what to do with generating
keys, etc., which was just a part of all this.
Martijn Dashorst wrote:
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Stuart Monteithstuk...@stoo.me.uk wrote:
If I am to offer a
