good question, and probably one for legal-discuss. It seems that most of the time deleting from svn is enough, although that's not a definitive statement!
Upayavira On Wed, Oct 3, 2012, at 11:16 PM, Noah Slater wrote: > We have a situation with CloudStack where we have some jars that we do > not > know our distribution rights. If it turns out that we do not have the > right > to distribute them (Apache compatibility aside) what course of action > should we take? > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Upayavira <u...@odoko.co.uk> wrote: > > > Note, podlings are free to check in IP that is dubious from a *policy* > > perspective (i.e. incompatible with Apache License), but should not, as > > I see it, check in anything that is dubious from a *legal* one (i.e. it > > is not and should not be public, or we don't have *any* rights to > > distribute). While we may not consider putting stuff into SVN as > > publishing or distributing, others might not agree with that. > > > > I've not heard of anyone demanding us to remove something from SVN > > entirely, and I believe that would be a very painful exercise. Best is > > to make sure it is only license compatibility issues that exist before > > code is checked in. > > > > Upayavira > > > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012, at 01:14 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: > > > Podling frequently check in dubious IP as part of initial imports, and > > > then clean up HEAD later. I've never seen any evidence of a more > > > thorough extirpation. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > -- > NS --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
