On 12/29/2015 06:33 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
>> -----Original Message----- From: Kay Schenk
>> [mailto:kay.sch...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015
>> 10:00 To: dev@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: [LAZY
>> CONSENSUS] Changes to local "code use" wording
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/29/2015 09:05 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
>>> The TL;DR:
>>>
>>> Yes, the license page describes what must be reflected in
>>> LICENSE and NOTICE files for 3rd party software, and
>>> something about the software files too.
>>>
>>> It does not address how such software comes into a project's
>>> hands. It is not about acceptance of such software. No
>>> precedent about that should be read into the policy on how
>>> to satisfy the third-party license and conditions for
>>> notices.
>>>
>>> - Dennis
>>
>> If we go back to the acceptable licenses for distribution with
>> ALv2 -- http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html
>>
>> Combined with the instructions for using these "acceptable"
>> products/ portions, why is it not sufficient to accept that the
>> code came into the project's hands by virtue of the license
>> used for the software? In other words, if an author/developer
>> licenses code with a particular license, is it not the
>> intention of that developer to have the the product used in
>> accordance with the license? And, if that is the case, why are
>> any additional requests needed?
> [orcmid]
>
> I suggest you ask this specific question on the dev@
> community.apache.org list or the general@ incubator.apache.org
> list where you will find more about the notion of "willing
> contribution." This gets asked regularly, even about using ALv2
> code from other Apache Projects.
>
> [ ... ]
OK. I will do this. In my mind, licenses and copyrights are there to
stand the test of time, and shouldn't be open to much "discussion".
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