On 20 April 2015 at 04:25, Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 4/19/15 6:52 AM, brit...@apache.org wrote: >> SANDBOX-497 IP clearance for the names package >> >> Make clear that Commons Text only includes ported code from the >> HumanNameParser PHP library. >> HumanNameParser library is licensed under MIT. >> >> >> Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-text/repo >> Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-text/commit/db197ab1 >> Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-text/tree/db197ab1 >> Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-text/diff/db197ab1 >> >> Branch: refs/heads/master >> Commit: db197ab199281d65ca338f8f47b6099223a9cf8b >> Parents: be2bcda >> Author: Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> >> Authored: Sun Apr 19 15:49:54 2015 +0200 >> Committer: Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> >> Committed: Sun Apr 19 15:49:54 2015 +0200 >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> NOTICE.txt | 6 +++--- >> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/commons-text/blob/db197ab1/NOTICE.txt >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt >> index f6f4633..80d91a0 100644 >> --- a/NOTICE.txt >> +++ b/NOTICE.txt >> @@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ Copyright 2001-2015 The Apache Software Foundation >> This product includes software developed at >> The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/). >> >> -This product includes software from the HumanNameParser.php >> -(https://github.com/jasonpriem/HumanNameParser.php) library, >> -under the Apache License 2.0 (see: the o.a.c.t.names package). >> +This product includes software ported from the HumanNameParser PHP library >> +(https://github.com/jasonpriem/HumanNameParser.php), which is licensed under >> +the MIT License (MIT) (see: the o.a.c.t.names package). > > Sebb or some other license/notice expert can chime in here; but I > suspect this is either not necessary or misplaced. We were asked to > rip out a lot of stuff like this from [math] NOTICE based on the > argument that only legally required things should be in there. If > this is a legal requirement, the MIT license asks that you include > the license, which should (IIUC) go in LICENSE, not NOTICE. Given > that this is a port and not inclusion, though; I am not sure it is > needed.
I am not an expert in this, but I have read the docs [1] many times. I agree with Phil that it does not seem necessary to update NOTICE in this case. [1] http://www.apache.org/dev/licensing-howto.html#mod-notice > Phil >> >> . >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
