Can you give me a (realistic) worst case scenario if we were to release without making any changes? In other words: is this issue a blocker for the 4.14 release or just an issue that we need to take care of for a future release?
EdB On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: > > > On 12/28/14, 12:29 PM, "Justin Mclean" <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>> Since binary packages are not an act of the foundation, other than the >>>explicit >>> statement that LICENSE and NOTICE must match the contents of the binary >>> package, I can’t imagine that it puts the foundation at risk if we guess >>> wrong about packaging external jars that are otherwise open source or if >>> we ask too many or too few questions during the install about the open >>> source licenses for those jars. >> >>I'm really not sure that is correct, from [1]: >> >>"What applies to canonical source distributions also applies to all >>redistributions, including binary redistributions:" >> >>and >> >>"Any redistribution must obey the licensing requirements of the contents." >> >>We can't ignore the licensing requirements of bundled jar just because >>it's a binary release. Asking too many questions is not a major issue as >>the minimal licensing requirements have been met, but asking too few is a >>licensing error and needs to be corrected before we can release. > > [1] is about, as I said, that LICENSE and NOTICE must match the contents > of the binary package. > > The questions I am trying to get answers to are: > > -Can a binary package bundle a binary without its source? > -Was there any past discussion that caused the Installer to ask about > accepting SWFObject’s MIT License? > > The answers may affect what goes in the binary package and thus what goes > in the LICENSE and NOTICE for the binary package. > > Meanwhile, I’m still puzzling over which Saxon NOTICES apply. > > -Alex > >> >>1. http://www.apache.org/dev/licensing-howto.html#binary > -- Ix Multimedia Software Jan Luykenstraat 27 3521 VB Utrecht T. 06-51952295 I. www.ixsoftware.nl
