On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 11:24 AM, Henri Yandell <bay...@apache.org> wrote:
> I suspect 'relevant' means those parts of a NOTICE relating to the parts of
> the product you use.
Yes, that was the intent. That sentence references section 4d of the ALv2,
specifically this phrase:
excluding those notices that do not pertain to any part of the
Derivative Works,
> I suspect 'relevant' needs clarification in the docs.
Over time, I have come to think our approach to NOTICE should be more
formulaic. The expectation that our PMCs will edit dependency NOTICE content
is too burdensome.
It is quite challenging to analyze which parts of a NOTICE file may be omitted
-- especially when you take into account the vagaries of subsuming the notice
requirements of licenses besides the ALv2. Only a handful of our PMCs possess
sufficient collective expertise in open source licensing to perform such
license analysis accurately.
Yet, our goal should be for *every* Apache release to conform to both legal
requirements and policy. We can't change our legal obligations -- but we can
and should craft policy and best-practice recommendations so that the process
of assembling LICENSE and NOTICE is not so taxing and yields consistently
correct results.
The proposal from last month to cease NOTICE aggregation entirely[1] failed to
achieve consensus. The next-best alternative, it seems to me, is a completely
mechanical approach to aggregation: verbatim copying of NOTICE comment from
dependency NOTICE files to the top-level NOTICE file. This has two
significant advantages:
* The PMC is spared from performing analysis of dependency NOTICE content.
* Verbatim aggregation can be achieved programmatically, allowing for
automated solutions.
In the case of a NOTICE file from a non-ASF ALv2 product, verbatim propagation
is a completely defensible choice. But I think we should consider
recommending it for all ALv2 dependencies, including ASF products.
Marvin Humphrey
[1] https://s.apache.org/mhQi
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