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On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Baptiste MATHUS <bmat...@batmat.net> wrote: > +1 (non-binding) > > > 2013/7/1 sebb <seb...@gmail.com> > > > On 1 July 2013 03:56, Barrie Treloar <baerr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 1 July 2013 06:52, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Another problem: the NOTICE file contains the following spurious text: > > >> > > >> > > > ========================================================================= > > >> == NOTICE file corresponding to the section 4 d of > > == > > >> == the Apache License, Version 2.0, > > == > > >> == in this case for the Apache Maven distribution. > > == > > >> > > > ========================================================================= > > >> > > >> This must not be present in NOTICE files, which are required to be as > > >> short as possible (but no shorter). > > >> > > >> ASF NOTICE files must start as per the following example: > > >> > > >> ==================== > > >> Apache Maven > > >> Copyright 2001-2013 The Apache Software Foundation > > >> > > >> This product includes software developed at > > >> The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/). > > >> ================== > > >> > > >> Note also that the phrase should be "developed at" not "developed by" > > >> - the distinction is important. > > >> > > >> Furthermore, the NOTICE file refers to additonal 3rd party software, > > >> but there don't appear to be any LICENSE files for the software. > > >> The licenses should either be in LICENSE.txt or linked therefrom. > > > > > > From what I can tell we have been failing this since August 2010. > > > > > > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=maven.git;a=blob;f=apache-maven/NOTICE.txt;hb=bfaf11090a212f8445f2ad929af8acce5a984bf0 > > > > > > I can't find change history for > > > http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html so I don't know if we > > > have been failing all the time, or since it was changed. > > > > The leading text enclosed in == was never part of the NOTICE file; > > AIUI it was added by Maven devs when producing the license plugin. > > > > Until fairly recently there was one ASF page which incorrectly said > > "developed by" instead of "developed at"; AFAIK there are now no > > incorrect references. > > > > > And I can see you've raised http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-5487 > > > to track this. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > > > > -- > Baptiste <Batmat> MATHUS - http://batmat.net > Sauvez un arbre, > Mangez un castor ! >
