Hi,
I guess you have read [1]? But basically you should do this:
- Take the boilerplate NOTICE [2]
- Update the year to the current year
- Did your code come in via a software grant, then add that (relocated
copyrights).[3]
- Is there any 3rd party code contained / bundleded inside the release? If so:
- Is any of the code Apache licensed and do they have a NOTICE files?
If so:
- Pplace relevant parts of those NOTICE to your NOTICE file. [4]
(There's also required notices but they are very rare [5] and you probably
don’t need to worry about them).
Things to watch out for:
- License information should not be mentioned in NOTICE (that information goes
in license)
- Software dependencies should not be mentioned in NOTICE
- Copyrights from licenses generally do not go in NOTICE.
Take care if you copy one of the more “popular" TLP projects and use that, as
some are poor examples or are confusing as they have had issues with upstream
project NOTICE files.
This worked example may also help [6][7] as may this talk [8] I gave the last
ApacheCon.
Thanks,
Justin
1. http://www.apache.org/dev/licensing-howto.html
2. https://www.apache.org/licenses/NOTICE-2.0.txt
3. http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#headers
4. http://www.apache.org/dev/licensing-howto.html#alv2-dep
5. https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#required-third-party-notices
6. https://github.com/justinmclean/ApacheWombat
7. https://vimeo.com/171210141
8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0-lp1t9ee0
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