I am by no means an expert on licenses and stuff, but it would seem to me that if the authors are willing to sign a code grant, then why not let them do it?
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Mark Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: James Carman [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: 08 January 2009 15:16 >> To: Commons Developers List >> Subject: Re: [compress] Including ASL Code from other projects >> >> My only point is that we don't know for sure that these folks are >> *allowed* to license their code under the ASL. All we have is a >> Javadoc header and an ASL license declaration in their pom file. > > It simply isn't practical to find out "for sure" that they have these > rights. > > All we need is the code an a statement, in any form, that says the code is > licensed under the Apache License. > > Whilst I am in a pedantic mood, it is the "Apache License" not the "Apache > Software License". > > Mark > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
