Hi,

It -1 (binding) as there may be GPL inclusions in the release and Category B 
software in a source release, the source release LICENSE is missing several 
things, and the binary LICENSE and NOTICE contains too much and the source 
release contains compiled  source, may also be some images that you don’t have 
permission to use or distribute. Some of these may turn out to be minor issues 
but they need to be clarified.

Please ask your mentors to help on fixing up the LICENSE and/or read this [1]. 
Some time ago I also made this which may help. [2][3] I suggest you also run 
rat on the release to find some of these issues I found.

I checked:
- incubating in name
- disclaimer exists
- LICENSE has a number of issues (see below)
- NOTICE is OK
- There’s a number of file that are missing ASF headers, including 700 odd java 
files, and a large number  number of xml, dtd, wdsl, xsd and files containing 
code ending with .pass.
- unexpected binary files in the source release [26][27][28][29] (these contain 
compiled code)

Several (not dual license) GPL license files exist in the source release. Does 
this software include GPL or depend on any GPL licensed software? For instance 
[4][19]

There a large number of icons in the release do know the ip provenance of them 
and how they are licensed?

There also seems to be a number of stock photos [30][31][32] in the release. 
How are they licensed? Do you have permission to use or distribute them?

LICENSE is missing licenses for:
- CDDL licensed this [5] and about 100 others inside SFS-Editors-Folder.zip
- These CDDL/GPL licensed files [7][8][10] and a number of files like this one 
is [9]
- this patch file seems to be removing a GPL/CDDL header [6]
- these EPL licensed files [11][12][13][14][15][16]
- these files under the sun public license [17][18]
- this MIT licensed file [20] (which also includes MIT licensed normalize.css)
- this patch seems to be removing a MIT license header [21]
- this IOS file [22] (and about a dozen other files)
- how is this file licensed? [23]
- this WC3 license file [24] and a dozen others

However CDDL, EPL and the sun public license are in Category B [25] and not 
allowed is source form in a release.

I glanced at the binary LICENSE and NOTICE of the binary and I think there's 
too much information in there.
- There is no need to repeat the Apache license text several times
- Only 3rd party software that is bundled in the source release needs to be 
mention in LICENSE and NOTICE.  Is everything mentioned really bundled?
- NOTICE seems to contain too much information
- For long licenses it best to use a pointer the the full text of the license 
rather than include the full text

Thanks,
Justin

1. http://www.apache.org/dev/licensing-howto.html
2. https://vimeo.com/171210141
3. https://github.com/justinmclean/ApacheWombat
4. nbbuild/licenses/LGPL-2.1
5. 
test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/editor/settings/storage/compatibility/p1/SFS-Editors-Folder.zip/Editors/AnnotationTypes/Breakpoint.xml
6. css.lib/src/org/netbeans/modules/css/lib/antlrv4.patch
7. 
j2ee.persistence/src/org/netbeans/modules/j2ee/persistence/dd/resources/orm_1_0.xsd
8. 
j2ee.persistence/src/org/netbeans/modules/j2ee/persistence/dd/resources/persistence_1_0.xsd
9. 
refactoring.java/test/qa-functional/data/goldenfiles/org/netbeans/modules/test/refactoring/MoveTest/testMoveClass.pass
10. websvc.saas.api/src/org/netbeans/modules/websvc/saas/model/wadl20061109.xsd
11. xml.jaxb/src/org/netbeans/modules/xml/jaxb/resources/eclipselink_oxm_2_3.xsd
12. maven.coverage/src/org/netbeans/modules/maven/coverage/jacoco-1.0.dtd
13. 
j2ee.persistence/src/org/netbeans/modules/j2ee/persistence/dd/resources/orm_2_0.xsd
14. 
j2ee.persistence/src/org/netbeans/modules/j2ee/persistence/dd/resources/orm_2_1.xsd
15. 
j2ee.persistence/src/org/netbeans/modules/j2ee/persistence/dd/resources/persistence_2_0.xsd
16. 
j2ee.persistence/src/org/netbeans/modules/j2ee/persistence/dd/resources/persistence_2_1.xsd
17. 
diff/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/diff/builtin/provider/DiffTestFile1a.txt
18. 
diff/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/diff/builtin/provider/DiffTestFile1b.txt
19 
apisupport.installer/src/org/netbeans/modules/apisupport/installer/resources/licenses/GPL
20. css.model/test/unit/data/testfiles/bootstrap.css
21. html.validation/external/validator.patch
22. 
html.editor/src/org/netbeans/modules/html/editor/resources/DTDs/4_0/HTMLlat1.ent
23. welcome/src/org/netbeans/modules/welcome/resources/rss-0_91.dtd
24. src/org/netbeans/modules/xml/catalog/resources/Transform.xsd
25. https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-b
26. 
./lib.terminalemulator/examples/lib.richexecution/process_start-linux-intel.zip
27. 
./lib.terminalemulator/examples/lib.richexecution/process_start-mac-intel.zip
28. 
./lib.terminalemulator/examples/lib.richexecution/process_start-solaris-intel.zip
29. 
./lib.terminalemulator/examples/lib.richexecution/process_start-solaris-sparc.zip
30. ./netbeans/javafx2.samples/DisplayShelf/src/displayshelf/animalX.jpg
31. ./netbeans/javafx2.samples/Fireworks/src/Fireworks/sf.jpg
32. 
./netbeans/javafx2.samples/PuzzlePieces/src/puzzlepieces/PuzzlePieces-picture.jpg





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