On Jun 21, 2012, at 8:42 PM, Marvin Humphrey wrote: > Hi, Jun, > > On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Jun Rao <jun...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I agree that to the benefit of users, it would be reasonable for Apache >> projects to include license/notice for all dependant jars (directly or >> indirectly) in a release. However, this has to be done automatically by >> tools, not manually by human beings. IMO, without such tools, it's unfair >> (and error prone) to make this a requirement for all Apache projects. > > Obeying dependency license provisions is not an ASF policy, it's a legal > requirement. Fairness is immaterial. > > If you bundle the bits, you must deal with the licensing and you must get it > right.
Totally agree. Jun It would be nice to have tools which automatically handle/assist in building LICENSE/NOTICE info. In my experience, they don't exist, yet. If anyone might be interested in working on such a tool -- that'd be great. With or without the tool, each project is required to comply with their licensing requirements. --kevan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
