Well, are we protecting ourselves here? Just putting the ASL2 license mumbo jumbo in the header of a file doesn't exactly mean you have the right to license the code at all (perhaps your employer "owns" anything you write?). I'd feel safer with some a more formal code grant, but that's just me.
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > Christian Grobmeier wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> compress issue 241 [1] proposes to implement CPIO archives. Since the >> jRPM project allready >> has implemented the streaming code, it should be really >> straightforward to include it in compress. >> I know I am bit early since there are many other open issues with >> compress, but I would like >> to know if I can simply copy the jRPM code and create a compress-patch >> when i have the time. >> The code is apache licensed, but maybe it must go through the >> incubator? Or I need to ask the developers? > > Nope. If it is AL2 licensed then you are free to copy it. Make sure you add an > appropriate section to the compress NOTICE file. > > Mark > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
