Good idea. I have done that for commons-codec, and GH has now agreed to use AL2.0
However it did seem to need a dummy change to the LICENSE file to re-evaluate the license. I'll see about fixing the others On Tue, 9 Mar 2021 at 01:15, Melloware Inc <melloware...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In commons beanutils we recommend using /src/conf for these type of files. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 8, 2021, at 8:13 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 9 Mar 2021 at 01:08, Bernd Eckenfels <e...@zusammenkunft.net> > > wrote: > >> > >> Checkstyle-header.txt sounds good and maybe also moving it to a subdir > >> like src/build/ or src/test/? > > > > There are other checkstyle files at the top-level; best to keep them > > together. > > > >> Gruss > >> Bernd > >> > >> > >> -- > >> http://bernd.eckenfels.net > >> ________________________________ > >> Von: sebb <seb...@gmail.com> > >> Gesendet: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 1:41:02 AM > >> An: CommonsDev <dev@commons.apache.org> > >> Betreff: GitHub license display confused by LICENSE-header.txt > >> > >> Most of the Commons projects show up in GitHub as having the Apache 2.0 > >> License > >> > >> However a few show up as 'other': > >> > >> commons-codec > >> commons-csv > >> commons-dbutils > >> commons-exec > >> commons-jelly > >> commons-logging > >> commons-math > >> commons-rdf > >> commons-text > >> commons-weaver > >> > >> AFAICT this is because there is more than 1 LICENSE file at the top level: > >> I forked codec and deleted the LICENSE-header.txt file, and the > >> license then showed up as AL 2.0. > >> > >> I think it's not only GitHub that might be confused by such files, so > >> I suggest they are moved or renamed to avoid the confusion. They are > >> only needed for Checkstyle, so perhaps could be named accordingly, > >> e.g. checkstyle-header.txt > >> > >> [Obviously there would need to be corresponding changes in the pom and > >> assembly files] > >> > >> WDYT? > >> > >> Sebb. > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
