Hi, > In this email [4], Sebb recommends mentioning non-ASF Apache-licensed > bundled dependencies in LICENSE.
I think you are misrepresenting Sebb here but I'll let him clarify if need be. The case you refer to the file in question was a binary file whose license wasn’t obvious. When adding one (or more) source files they would have an Apache header naming the copyright owner so there is no requirement to list them in LICENSE. Adding them to LICENSE is not an error but it is not required. If it was required then there would be many Apache releases with incorrect licenses. > In my simple mental model, the LICENSE is the list of suppliers. The ASF > is one supplier, every other supplier in the package is mentioned. NOTICE > is legal stuff required by that list of suppliers. LICENSE lists the licenses of bundled software that require it. Apache licensed software doesn’t require that. [1] NOTICE contains copyright and attribution statements that the licenses of bundled software require. [2][3] (And any removed copyright statements.) Thanks, Justin 1. http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html#best-practice-license 2, http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 (see 4 c/4 d) 3. http://www.apache.org/dev/licensing-howto.html#mod-notice
