Thanks Justin. Can you provide links to the files that had their headers changed (or PRs)? We can correct the header changes.
We're trying to follow the license clearing process as outlined on this wiki page: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NUTTX/License+Clearing Maybe we need to add a check for PR reviewers to note that license headers for existing files should not be changed outside of this process? -adam On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 11:42 PM Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I noticed a couple of times recently 3rd party headers have been changed. > Please stop doing this. No one on the project can change the headers on a > file without the correct process being followed. Doing so will just make IP > province harder and graduating the project much more difficult. > > In order to change 3rd party headers, for large numbers of files that > generally means we would need a software grant, ICLAs from all contributors > and IP clearance. > > If it's a small number of files and owned by a single owner then we need > documented evidence on this mailing list that the license can be changed. > That doesn’t mean that the files are now "Licensed to the Apache Software > Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor license agreements.“. > > The Apache license doesn’t change copyright so we would still need to > clearly indicate the copyright owner of the files and use the 3rd party ASF > header shown below. > > Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] > > Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); > you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. > You may obtain a copy of the License at > > http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 > > Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software > distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, > WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. > See the License for the specific language governing permissions and > limitations under the License. > > Thanks, > Justin -- Adam Feuer <a...@starcat.io>
