Thanks Duo Zhang and John for your votes. We still need one more before we can release.
> If it's the second case, then I agree we should fix it. I think it's rather the first option. As you described, we distribute two different repositories and when extracted the LICENSE files are found inside their respective folders. On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 12:36 AM Nathan Hartman <hartman.nat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 9:42 PM John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Hi > > > > +1 binding from me, with a couple of notes: > > > > - it could be how I'm extracting your source tars, but the packages are > > ending up in a directory child to it. We typically look for the > > LICENSE/NOTICE/DISCLAIMER in the root folder. > > > Do you mean that you get: > > nuttx/LICENSE > > or > > <some_other_dir>/nuttx/LICENSE > > If it's the first case, I think that's usually desirable because otherwise > the users may untar expecting to get one folder with all the contents in > it, but end up getting a bunch of directories and files instead. When that > happens in a directory containing many other files, it creates a big mess. > Also as NuttX needs nuttx/ and apps/ to be sibling directories, it might be > confusing if there's no enclosing directory. (The apps/ distribution > provided by our project is optional and the user may substitute their own.) > > If it's the second case, then I agree we should fix it. > > What incantation are you using to extract the contents? > > More below: > > - I'm ok with the LICENSE but would like you all to fix this section at > > some point: > > > > > > uIP > > > > === > > > > > > Many lower-level networking components of NuttX derive from uIP which > > > > has a similar BSD style license: > > > > > > Copyright (c) 2001-2003, Adam Dunkels. > > > > All rights reserved. > > > > > > Rhombus Math Library > > > > ==================== > > > > > > The math library used in NuttX derives from the Rhombus OS by Nick Johnson > > > > (with many, many addtions). The Rhombus OS is/was distributed under the > > ISC > > > > license. The ISC licsense is a permissive license that allows people do > > > > anything with your code with proper attribution and without warranty. The > > > > ISC license is functionally equivalent to the BSD 2-Clause and MIT > > licenses, > > > > removing some language that is no longer necessary. > > > > > > IGMP > > > > ==== > > > > > > IGMP support, if enabled, adds additional logic by Steve Reynolds: > > > > > > Copyright (c) 2002 CITEL Technologies Ltd. > > > > All rights reserved. > > > > > > This should ideally list out the actual license contents instead of an > > explanation of what the license is. > > > Good catch! We'll fix it. > > Thank you for your feedback, > Nathan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
