Where does the copyright information go in our case?
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 5:48 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 26 March 2014 23:55, James Taylor <jamestay...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm getting a release ready for Apache Phoenix (incubating) and have a > > question about where copyright information should go for our binary > > distribution. It seems that there's quite a bit of variation, as all > > projects are different. So I'll describe our binary distribution, and > > perhaps others who have a similar situation can learn from this. > > > > Our binary distribution bundles numerous modules with the following > > licenses: > > 1) Apache 2 licensed bits whose home is the ASF > > 2) Apache 2 licensed bits whose home is not the ASF > > 3) BSD Clause 3 licensed bits > > 4) BSD 2-Clause licensed bits > > 5) MIT licensed bits > > > > We bundle all these bits together into a single jar, so the original > NOTICE > > from these bundled modules is no longer present. > > > > Is the follow the correct way to do this? > > a) Create a LICENSE file that includes the Apache 2 license text > > +1 > > > b) Since all of the bits we bundle have "permissive" licenses, we do not > > include anything extra in our NOTICE file. It'll be the bare minimum as > > outlined here: http://www.apache.org/dev/licensing-howto.html#simple > > Not necessarily, that depends on what is present in the NOTICE/LICENSE > files that are included in the bundled jars. > > NOTICE files in particular must be examined to see if they contain > attributions that apply to the bits you are bundling. > In which case the attributions must be carried forward into the new NOTICE > file > > This is all described here: > > http://www.apache.org/dev/licensing-howto.html#alv2-dep (et seq.) > > > c) Instead, we append to our LICENSE file the following for each module > > that we bundle (including transitive dependencies): > > i) the copyright information for the module > > ii) a link to the license text > > LICENSE and NOTICE are not alternates. > > LICENSE files have to contain licenses/pointers for ALL bundled bits. > > NOTICE files have to contain required attributions only. > > > Below is an example (minus the standard Apache 2 license). > > > > Please let me know if we're doing this correctly. > > > > Thanks, > > James > > ------------------------- > > <Apache 2.0 license text here> > > > > The Apache License, Version 2.0, also applies to the following bundled > > libraries: > > > > JAnsi, version 1.11, http://jansi.fusesource.org/ > > Copyright (c) 2009-2013 FuseSource, Corp > > > > HawtJNI, version 1.8, http://fusesource.com/forge/sites/hawtjni/ > > Copyright (C) 2009-2011 FuseSource Corp. > > > > Jackson, version 1.8.8, http://jackson.codehaus.org/ > > Copyright (c) 2007- Tatu Saloranta, tatu.salora...@iki.fi > > > > Guava, version 12.0.1, http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/ > > Copyright 2008 Google Inc. > > > > ====================================================================== > > > > BSD Clause 3/New BSD License, applies to the following bundled libraries: > > LICENSE: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause > > > > Snappy, version 1.1.0.1, http://code.google.com/p/snappy/ > > Copyright 2008 Google Inc. > > > > Protobuf, version 2.4.0, https://code.google.com/p/protobuf/ > > Copyright 2008 Google Inc. > > > > SQLLine, version 1.1.2, https://github.com/julianhyde/sqlline/ > > Copyright (c) 2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007 Marc Prud'hommeaux > > Copyright (c) 2004-2010 The Eigenbase Project > > Copyright (c) 2013-2014 Julian Hyde > > > > ====================================================================== > > > > BSD Clause 2 License, applies to the following bundled libraries: > > LICENSE: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause > > > > JLine, version 2.11, http://jline.sourceforge.net/ > > Copyright (c) 2002-2007, Marc Prud'hommeaux <m...@cornell.edu> > > > > ANTLR, version 3.5, http://www.antlr.org/ > > Copyright (c) 2003-2008, Terrence Parr. > > > > ====================================================================== > > > > MIT License, applies to the following bundled library: > > LICENSE: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT > > > > SLF4J, version 1.4.3, http://www.slf4j.org/ > > Copyright (c) 2004-2008 QOS.ch > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
