2015-04-24 17:17 GMT+02:00 sebb <seb...@gmail.com>: > 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
Thank you for clarifying. I will remove the entry from NOTICE.txt when I do my next development cycle for [text]. I'll make sure the original author is attributed either in the contributors section of pom.xml or in the JavaDoc. Benedikt > > > > 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 > > -- http://people.apache.org/~britter/ http://www.systemoutprintln.de/ http://twitter.com/BenediktRitter http://github.com/britter
