----- Original Message ----
> From: Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com>
> To: general@incubator.apache.org
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 1:11:37 AM
> Subject: Re: Making up policy on the fly
>
>
> On Aug 18, 2009, at 5:13 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message ----
> >
> >> From: Ralph Goers
> >> To: general@incubator.apache.org
> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 8:00:00 PM
> >> Subject: Re: Making up policy on the fly
> >>
> >>
> >> On Aug 18, 2009, at 4:22 PM, Craig L Russell wrote:
> >>
> >>> So I found it: http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html
> >>>
> >>> Please take a look at
> >>
> http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html#distributing-code-under-several-licenses
> >> [1]
> >>>
> >>> If this document is not normative, please let me know. Granted, it says
> >> "should" and not "must", so if there is a discussion presumably it's about
> >> whether "should" means "must".
> >>>
> >>> Otherwise, let's shut this discussion down and start following the rules.
> >>>
> >>
> >> OK then. There is something wrong with how hard that was to find though.
> >> And
> >> you're right, instead of "If An Artifact Contains Code Under Several
> Licenses,
> >> Should It Contain Several License Files?" it would be much better if it
> >> read
> "If
> >> An Artifact Contains Code Under Several Licenses, May It Contain Several
> License
> >> Files?". However, I think we should pretend it does.
> >
> > It's written the way it is because we are aware that not all Apache projects
> > comply with the recommendation.
>
> Being ambiguous is no way to set policy.
Writing policy in this organization is like trying to get an army of
lumberjacks to give you a manicure. It's a lot harder than it looks-
most policies take years to fully develop into something actually enforceable.
> I don't really care whether the license file contains all the license text or
> points to other licenses, but by saying "should" it basically says "This is
> our
> preferred way of doing it, but if you are doing something else no one is
> going
> to stop you." Since it doesn't say what the other options are that would
> imply
> that even having to search for the other license files is OK too, as long as
> they are somewhere the user can find.
Well that's how many PMCs currently operate. If you'd like them to change their
ways, seek them out and try to persuade them to change. Short of a hard mandate
from the legal team, I doubt you'll have much success. Just look at all the
angst on display here about the issue.
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