On 9/5/14 6:47 AM, "Justin Mclean" <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote:
>Hi, > >> I'll ask on legal-discuss > >Again IMO there no need to ask - all we have to do is comply with minimal >legal requirements - which we certainly are. If we happen to do a little >more than required that's not actually against the rules and in may >actually be the right thing to do when we are using other people code. If >we happen to get it wrong we can correct as needed when required in a >future release. The whole point of being a TLP is we can make our own >decisions, yes we may need advice on occasion but doesn't mean we have to >go and ask legal every single time for every minor thing. Apache loves to push decision making responsibility to the TLP, but LICENSE and NOTICE seem to be an exception since the how-to says "if in doubt, ask". I think that's because there are legal implications and it isn't so good, at least in the US, to take the "we'll fix it later" approach. Also, when you wanted to add copyright to LICENSE for Open-Sans font, the instructions from legal-discuss was to not do that. The worst that will happen is that legal-discuss will tell me it is a minor thing and to go away or not answer at all. -Alex
