> My current thinking is that we keep the Apache Headers in the source file [1]
> and give attribution in a NOTICE.test file that would get merged with the
> main NOTICE file if we ever release these tests.
Just wanted to give my thoughts. I think the above should be fine. Right in
the Apache header it says, "See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for
additional information regarding copyright ownership." So if I had a question
about copyright ownership I'd look there.
I've always understood the apache header to identify that the work (in this
case the xml structure, and others code, etc.) was donated/licensed under the
apache contributor license agreement. Now in this case the content between the
tags (Alice in Wonderland text) is public domain, so we'd be sure to add
attribution in the NOTICE file. So if people wonder if we were allowed to use
the text, they'd check the NOTICE file and realize the text is public domain.
Chris
> From: aha...@adobe.com
> To: dev@flex.apache.org
> Subject: Re: JAR in TLF svn/git mirror
> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 07:58:48 +0000
>
>
>
> On 1/27/15, 4:58 PM, "Dave Fisher" <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >If it is any Category A including Public Domain at
> >http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html you may put it in an Apache
> >repository.
>
> Hi Dave, I don’t think the current debate is about whether Public Domain
> content can be in the repository, it is how we give attribution. My
> current thinking is that we keep the Apache Headers in the source file [1]
> and give attribution in a NOTICE.test file that would get merged with the
> main NOTICE file if we ever release these tests. My understanding of
> Justin’s position is that he wants to remove the Apache header and replace
> it with a header that calls out that most of the content came from the
> public domain such as:
>
> "Content taken form Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. Now in the
> public domain."
>
>
> Do you have an answer or opinion?
>
> Thanks,
> -Alex
>
> [1]
> https://github.com/apache/flex-tlf/blob/develop/test/testFiles/markup/tlf/a
> lice.xml
>
