Nolan, Edell wrote: > Hi, > >>From looking at a lot of projects - most seem to use the link-to way > Which is definitely cleaner than putting them all in the license.txt > As it makes it unreadable and hard to follow.
That's all well and good, but what happens when the license behind the link changes? I know a few projects that changed licenses overnight. > > So for now I will use the link-to unless there are any objections. > > Edell. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Geir Magnusson Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 12 August 2006 16:44 > To: yoko-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: notices.txt > > > > Cliff Schmidt wrote: >> It doesn't matter to me whether you: >> a) copy all third-party licenses text directly into the LICENSE file >> (the messiest option), or >> b) list the name of all licenses and point to each of them (see what >> James is doing for this option: >> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/james/server/trunk/LICENSE.txt), or > > Does that really work? The linked-to material can change... > > geir > >> c) put a single sentence at the top of bottom of the LICENSE file that > >> refers to a separate file with a list of all third-party licenses >> (this sounds closest to what you've suggested below). >> >> Any of those options are fine, as long as someone reading the LICENSE >> file can find all the applicable licenses without having to try to dig > >> through every directory in the entire distro. >> >> Make sense? >> >> Cliff >> >> On 8/11/06, Nolan, Edell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Ok - how about we come up with a third party licenses file in which >>> we list all third party licenses. Does this sound reasonable ? >>> >>> Edell. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Cliff Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: 10 August 2006 23:57 >>> To: yoko-dev@incubator.apache.org >>> Subject: Re: notices.txt >>> >>> Actually, licenses should all be copied into or pointed from the >>> LICENSE file. The NOTICE file is only used for copyright/attribution > >>> statements that are required to be included with any distribution. >>> >>> Cliff >>> >>> On 8/10/06, Nolan, Edell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Ok - I will look into this and add something in. >>>> >>>> Edell. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Alan D. Cabrera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Sent: 10 August 2006 08:42 >>>> To: yoko-dev@incubator.apache.org >>>> Subject: Re: notices.txt >>>> >>>> Nolan, Edell wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Do we need to put something into the notices.txt as regards the >>>>> sun jars that we use. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, Edell. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I think so. We should list the ones that we use and what their >>>> licenses are. >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Alan >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > > > >
