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Posted to legal-discuss@apache.org by Ray Morris <su...@bettercgi.com> on 2012/02/17 06:19:12 UTC
Parallels (Plesk) violating Apache license?
Unlike the RPMs distributed by Red Hat et al., the httpd RPMS
being distributed by Parallels, the company behind Plesk, seem
to have LICENSE removed.
My understanding is that this is a violation of the license:
1) You must give any other recipients of the Work or Derivative Works
a copy of this License;
See for example:
http://autoinstall.plesk.com/APACHE_2.2.12/dist-rpm-CentOS-5-i386/packages/httpd-2.2.12-11062215.i386.rpm
Am I mistaken that their distribution of Apache httpd must include
a copy of the license?
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Re: SOLVED Re: Parallels (Plesk) violating Apache license?
Posted by Greg Stein <gs...@gmail.com>.
Nah, You're all good! Thanks for being proactive and taking care of this.
Cheers,
-g
On Feb 17, 2012 2:17 AM, "Ray Morris" <su...@bettercgi.com> wrote:
>
> I went ahead and mentioned the concern to them and was
> told they will add LICENSE and NOTICE to the package, as
> other well known packagers do.
>
> I probably SHOULDN'T have mentioned it to them before
> hearing from LEGAL, but I did.
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> On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:27:24 -0600
> "William A. Rowe Jr." <wr...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> > On 2/16/2012 11:23 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote:
> > > On 2/16/2012 11:19 PM, Ray Morris wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Am I mistaken that their distribution of Apache httpd must include
> > >> a copy of the license?
> > >
> > > All ASF software must be distributed with the appropriate LICENSE
> > > and NOTICE files intact, although it may end up in another sensible
> > > file or location relevant to the product. I haven't looked at this
> > > so it's not a comment on your particular example.
> >
> > Hmmm... reconsidering; we don't have an advertising clause.
> >
> > But some references in NOTICE/LICENSE of httpd do contain advertising
> > clauses, so careful attention should be paid. We grant the ability
> > to sublicense, so as long as the resulting license is conforming, I
> > think it works out ok.
> >
> >
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Re: SOLVED Re: Parallels (Plesk) violating Apache license?
Posted by Paul Libbrecht <pa...@hoplahup.net>.
Le 17 févr. 2012 à 08:16, Ray Morris a écrit :
> I probably SHOULDN'T have mentioned it to them before
> hearing from LEGAL, but I did.
I disagree.
It's good to hear that people get easily this kind of trick solved.
Otherwise we only see the hard issues on this list.
paul
SOLVED Re: Parallels (Plesk) violating Apache license?
Posted by Ray Morris <su...@bettercgi.com>.
I went ahead and mentioned the concern to them and was
told they will add LICENSE and NOTICE to the package, as
other well known packagers do.
I probably SHOULDN'T have mentioned it to them before
hearing from LEGAL, but I did.
--
Ray Morris
support@bettercgi.com
Strongbox - The next generation in site security:
http://www.bettercgi.com/strongbox/
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http://www.bettercgi.com/throttlebox/
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On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:27:24 -0600
"William A. Rowe Jr." <wr...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 2/16/2012 11:23 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote:
> > On 2/16/2012 11:19 PM, Ray Morris wrote:
> >>
> >> Am I mistaken that their distribution of Apache httpd must include
> >> a copy of the license?
> >
> > All ASF software must be distributed with the appropriate LICENSE
> > and NOTICE files intact, although it may end up in another sensible
> > file or location relevant to the product. I haven't looked at this
> > so it's not a comment on your particular example.
>
> Hmmm... reconsidering; we don't have an advertising clause.
>
> But some references in NOTICE/LICENSE of httpd do contain advertising
> clauses, so careful attention should be paid. We grant the ability
> to sublicense, so as long as the resulting license is conforming, I
> think it works out ok.
>
>
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Re: Parallels (Plesk) violating Apache license?
Posted by "William A. Rowe Jr." <wr...@apache.org>.
On 2/16/2012 11:23 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote:
> On 2/16/2012 11:19 PM, Ray Morris wrote:
>>
>> Am I mistaken that their distribution of Apache httpd must include
>> a copy of the license?
>
> All ASF software must be distributed with the appropriate LICENSE
> and NOTICE files intact, although it may end up in another sensible file
> or location relevant to the product. I haven't looked at this so it's not
> a comment on your particular example.
Hmmm... reconsidering; we don't have an advertising clause.
But some references in NOTICE/LICENSE of httpd do contain advertising
clauses, so careful attention should be paid. We grant the ability
to sublicense, so as long as the resulting license is conforming, I
think it works out ok.
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Re: Parallels (Plesk) violating Apache license?
Posted by "William A. Rowe Jr." <wr...@apache.org>.
On 2/16/2012 11:19 PM, Ray Morris wrote:
>
> Am I mistaken that their distribution of Apache httpd must include
> a copy of the license?
All ASF software must be distributed with the appropriate LICENSE
and NOTICE files intact, although it may end up in another sensible file
or location relevant to the product. I haven't looked at this so it's not
a comment on your particular example.
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