On 13 December 2010 16:26, Eric Evans <eev...@rackspace.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 05:51 +0000, Stephen Connolly wrote: >> The binaries in the lib folder, is there any objection to piling them >> down from the maven central repository via ivy if they are available >> on the maven central repository? > > We're obligated to redistribute these jars according to the terms of the > respective licenses. That could mean including a copy of the license, > attribution, or both. We've stopped short of pulling these down with > ivy because it's a dynamic process, with no programmatic way of > obtaining terms, attribution, etc. > >> For those that are not on central, can I assume that legal has ok'ed >> they're redistribution if they are not originating at apache? > > We're complying with the terms of redistribution in binary form, to the > best of my knowledge.
OK, on that basis the beast way to go is to push the same jars that are being redistributed into central under the o.a.c groupId... it amounts to the same as you are doing currently... but I may look into putting in place some automation to consolidate duplicate jars > > -- > Eric Evans > eev...@rackspace.com > >
