On 8/9/16, 3:10 PM, "Justin Mclean" <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote:
>Hi, > >> AIUI, if it is 3rd party and otherwise unmodified, modification of the >> headers is not an option. > >Even when the files are missing header or missing the license that they >were originally under? IANAL, but in my mind, yes. The header is just a convenience. It isn't a legal requirement. Not having a header doesn't change the licensing of the lines in the file. Having 3rd party files in our repos or a release package is just a convenience to avoid having to download them separately, so I wouldn't make them different from the the "original". As long as the LICENSE file mentions that there are files not under ASF control that should be sufficient for a release. I wouldn't hold up a release for missing headers on 3rd party files. -Alex
