Also, the Roller source release does not include CDDL code. It is brought
in at build time via a Maven dependency.

If that is the case, do we need that notice?

Dave

On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 5:00 AM Aditya Sharma <adityasha...@apache.org>
wrote:

> Thanks for the heads up Justin!
>
> As far as I know, Apache Roller uses Java Mail API[1] as a dependency[2]
> which is CDDL licensed. As per the commit[3] in Notice file, it has been
> added long back in 2015.
>
> 1. https://javaee.github.io/javamail/
> 2. https://github.com/apache/roller/blob/master/app/pom.xml#L94
> 3. https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1704453
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Aditya Sharma
>
> On Wed, 20 May 2020 at 14:33, Justin Mclean <jmcl...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was taking a look at your release and noticed the NOTICE file mentions
> > it contains some CDDL licensed code. CDDL is Category B [1] and as such
> > can't be included in a source release. Just wondering the history of this
> > statement and if this licensed code is included in the source release.
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> > Justin
> >
> > 1. https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#weak-copyleft-licenses
> >
>

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