Re: Copyright Notices, Source Headers and Licenses (By Example)

2011-10-18 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
2011/10/15 Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@googlemail.com: On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Robert Burrell Donkin robertburrelldon...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: snip So, strategy  Will Apache Rat help with this?  I thought it had a

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2011-10-17 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Pedro Giffuni p...@apache.org wrote: I think we discussed this before but it would be excellent if Robert can further clarify it once and for all. Apache process evolves :-) Opinions differ and consensus emerges forever but I'll add a few words to the mix...

Re: Copyright Notices, Source Headers and Licenses (By Example)

2011-10-16 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Pedro Giffuni p...@apache.org wrote: Hi guys, Just to check ... The Croatian dictionary has been re-submitted under an Apache License 2 (bug 96705), however the zip file submitted still contains the LGPL in the makefile. We should try to get the author to

Re: Copyright Notices, Source Headers and Licenses (By Example)

2011-10-16 Thread Pedro Giffuni
I think we discussed this before but it would be excellent if Robert can further clarify it once and for all. I think that since the code is being clearly contributed to us through bugzilla we can apply section 5 Submission of Contributions. of the AL2. Of course we still have to make sure the

Re: Copyright Notices, Source Headers and Licenses (By Example)

2011-10-15 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Robert Burrell Donkin robertburrelldon...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Robert Burrell Donkin robertburrelldon...@gmail.com wrote: snip And what about the part that

Re: Copyright Notices, Source Headers and Licenses (By Example)

2011-10-14 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Pedro Giffuni p...@apache.org wrote: Thank you Robert you've been very clear, but ... --- On Thu, 10/13/11, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: ... Please jump in where I've been unclear) ... It is vital that only the owner (or their agent) alters a copyright

Re: Copyright Notices, Source Headers and Licenses (By Example)

2011-10-14 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Robert Burrell Donkin robertburrelldon...@gmail.com wrote: snip It is vital that only the owner (or their agent) alters a copyright notice unless specific written permission been granted.

Copyright Notices, Source Headers and Licenses (By Example)

2011-10-13 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
(Using [1] as an illustration. I recommend [2] for further reading. Please jump in where I've been unclear) A copyright notice is a simple claim of copyright ownership: for example Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. It is vital that only the owner (or their agent) alters a

Re: Copyright Notices, Source Headers and Licenses (By Example)

2011-10-13 Thread Pedro Giffuni
Thank you Robert you've been very clear, but ... --- On Thu, 10/13/11, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: ... Please jump in where I've been unclear) ... It is vital that only the owner (or their agent) alters a copyright notice unless specific written permission been granted. We have been

Re: Copyright Notices, Source Headers and Licenses (By Example)

2011-10-13 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Robert Burrell Donkin robertburrelldon...@gmail.com wrote: (Using [1] as an illustration. I recommend [2] for further reading. Please jump in where I've been unclear) Thanks for writing this up. I'm going to restate what I think you said in my own words, just