On 12/8/08, Tom Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, the original author is still around.
Great :-) > What sorts of headers are normally used for code like this? All Apache source (that can reasonable contain it) should have the standard boilerplate. See http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers for the complete picture if just copy the header from any existing James source (they're all the same). (Just FYI http://www.apache.org/dev contains lots of developer oriented information) Robert > > Tom > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:45 AM, Robert Burrell Donkin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Stefano Bagnara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I hope to find soon the time to work on DKIM for JAMES. >>> I'll start reviewing Tom Brown code at >>> http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JAMES-752 >> >> cool >> >>> 1) The code is 2 years old and has no license headers. The author >>> granted rights for inclusion. Can we commit it (adding license headers)? >> >> yes >> >> i would recommend trying to involve the original contributor (if he's >> still around). update the issue now with your intentions and see >> whether he's still around. if so, then give him a chance to tidy up >> the code, add headers etc, file an ICLA. if he doesn't show up then >> it's fine just to go ahead but it's worth trying to recruit him for >> the effort. >> >>> 2) The issue with the Yahoo patent: >>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/693/ >>> >>> Here is the result of "legal" submittion: >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-22 (My english is not good >>> enough to understand Ruby/Yandell discussion about "concern" vs "cause >>> any concerns"). >> >> it's general verses specific >> >> (people at) apache may well be concerned about software patents (in >> general) , or about Yahoo's strategy, or whatever >> >> using 'cause any concerns' addresses the narrow question only >> >>> http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html says: >>> - Q: Does the Yahoo! DomainKeys Patent License Agreement v1.2 raise any >>> concerns? >>> - A: No. >>> >>> I don't care if it raise "concerns" or not, I'd like to know if ASF can >>> create and redistribute an implementation of the DKIM specification. :-) >> >> it's good enough, i think >> >>> 3) Where should I commit it? It uses the java.security package, so maybe >>> crypto mailet? or another top level library (jDKIM) ? >> >> for legal reasons, i recommend isolating the code and not including it >> as part of james 3 codebase. this limits any potential damage if the >> legal call turns out to be wrong. >> >> i would see the choice as lying between a simple mailet library in >> james/mailet/ and a modular project at top level (library plus mailet >> like JSieve). we should link to the mailet from the main mailet page >> in either case. >> >> - robert >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
