On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> wrote: > The legal status of a work is not determined by the markings on it. If > someone granted a license to the ASF, they granted a license. If a > third party jumps the gun and grabs a copy, and complies with the > situation, they're fine, including ripping out the obsolete markings > for themselves.
I agree with Benson here. That said I'm still not clear where ASF stands on "distributed" vs. "released" wording. FWIW: I liked Ross' answer a few emails ago. That said, there's a separate thread on legal-discss@ that will hopefully clarify this once and for all. Thanks, Roman.