I created an issue at https://github.com/mdn/content/issues/27920 to
clarify the actual license, let's see if we get a prompt response.

On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 11:09 AM PJ Fanning <fannin...@apache.org> wrote:

> Thanks Matthew. It makes sense that sample code is often licensed
> under more permissive licenses.
>
> Working out the date on which this documentation was published is
> going to be tricky. I followed a GitHub link [1] from the page
> referenced in groups.js and the file history is pretty garbled due to
> file renames and eventually runs into a dead end.
>
> We may have to include both the CC0 and MIT licenses, just in case.
>
> [1]
> https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/files/en-us/web/api/document/cookie/index.md
>
> On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 at 08:42, Matthew de Detrich
> <matthew.dedetr...@aiven.io.invalid> wrote:
> >
> > I just had a quick look into this and according to
> >
> https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/LICENSE.md#licenses-for-code-examples-and-snippets
> > the licensed code snippet (which is what the source file in question is
> > referring to) it should be CC0 license if the code snippet was added
> after
> > August 20, 2010 and if it was added before its MIT license (see
> >
> https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/LICENSE.md#added-before-august-20-2010
> > ).
> >
> > MIT is compatible with Apache 2 license and CCO is also compatible with
> > Apache 2 license since its effectively public domain (see
> > https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ and
> >
> https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/CC0_FAQ#Can_anyone_use_a_work_that_is_distributed_under_CC0.3F
> ).
> > It would be quite shocking if we couldn't use CCO source code as the
> whole
> > point of the license is to waive all copyright, ip and related rights and
> > this is why CCO is typically used for code samples/configuration (it's to
> > avoid problems like this) and Apache seems to agree as well, see
> >
> https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#handling-public-domain-licensed-works
> ,
> > specifically
> >
> > > You can include works in the public domain (or covered by a license
> > treated similarly) within Apache products. You must provide attribution
> (in
> > a similar fashion to the Category A list).
> >
> > > Licenses that we treat as similar to public domain:
> > > Creative Commons CC0 “No Rights Reserved”
> > > Creative Commons Public Domain Certification
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Matthew
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 3:08 AM Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > > There is no license header on the file we copied and slightly
> modified.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> https://github.com/lightbend/paradox/blob/8e30c341f1f8351a19b71599219d2f636ba68eb4/themes/generic/src/main/assets/js/groups.js
> > >
> > > That contains code from [1] which I thought was licensed under the MPL
> > > [2], but it looks like this situation may have changed and depends on
> the
> > > date that code was submitted. [3] So either, depending on the license,
> the
> > > code can’t be included in a source release OR it can but you n need to
> add
> > > the license information to LICENSE.
> > >
> > > > Its project license is the Apache License.
> > >
> > > That may be but parts of that file are not under the terms of the
> Apache
> > > License.
> > >
> > > Kind Regards,
> > > Justin
> > >
> > > 1. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/cookie
> > > 2. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/legal/terms/mozilla/
> > > 3. https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/LICENSE.md
> >
> >
> >
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