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Posted to dev@directory.apache.org by Felix Knecht <fe...@felixknecht.ch> on 2010/05/18 07:17:09 UTC
License Header for ldif needed?
Most of the ldif files do not have a license header
(ldap-schema/src/main/resources/schema/*). Do they need to have a
license header or can they be considered as false positives of the RAT
report [1]?
Felix
[1] http://people.apache.org/~felixk/shared-docs/rat-report.html
Re: License Header for ldif needed?
Posted by Felix Knecht <fe...@apache.org>.
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On 05/18/10 10:47, Emmanuel Lecharny wrote:
> On 5/18/10 7:17 AM, Felix Knecht wrote:
>> Most of the ldif files do not have a license header
>> (ldap-schema/src/main/resources/schema/*). Do they need to have a
>> license header or can they be considered as false positives of the RAT
>> report [1]?
>>
>> Felix
>>
>> [1] http://people.apache.org/~felixk/shared-docs/rat-report.html
>>
>>
> I don't think it's required. The ASF policy is quite clear about the
> fact that any source file should (read : must) include the ASL License
> Header, but :
>
> http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#faq-exceptions
>
> "A file without any degree of creativity in either its literal elements
> or its structure is not protected by copyright law; therefore, such a
> file does not require a license header. If in doubt about the extent of
> the file's creativity, add the license header to the file."
>
> There is no creativity in those LDIF files, they are either generated
> from OpenLDAP schema files through a generator or a direct extraction
> from Studio. (IMO)
>
> Do you guys agree ?
+1, thanks for pointing
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Re: License Header for ldif needed?
Posted by Kiran Ayyagari <ka...@apache.org>.
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/18/10 7:17 AM, Felix Knecht wrote:
>>
>> Most of the ldif files do not have a license header
>> (ldap-schema/src/main/resources/schema/*). Do they need to have a
>> license header or can they be considered as false positives of the RAT
>> report [1]?
>>
>> Felix
>>
>> [1] http://people.apache.org/~felixk/shared-docs/rat-report.html
>>
>>
>
> I don't think it's required. The ASF policy is quite clear about the fact
> that any source file should (read : must) include the ASL License Header,
> but :
>
> http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#faq-exceptions
>
> "A file without any degree of creativity in either its literal elements or
> its structure is not protected by copyright law; therefore, such a file does
> not require a license header. If in doubt about the extent of the file's
> creativity, add the license header to the file."
>
> There is no creativity in those LDIF files, they are either generated from
> OpenLDAP schema files through a generator or a direct extraction from
> Studio. (IMO)
>
> Do you guys agree ?
yeap (all those files were generated and am still generating some more ;)
Kiran Ayyagari
Re: License Header for ldif needed?
Posted by Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com>.
On 5/18/10 7:17 AM, Felix Knecht wrote:
> Most of the ldif files do not have a license header
> (ldap-schema/src/main/resources/schema/*). Do they need to have a
> license header or can they be considered as false positives of the RAT
> report [1]?
>
> Felix
>
> [1] http://people.apache.org/~felixk/shared-docs/rat-report.html
>
>
I don't think it's required. The ASF policy is quite clear about the
fact that any source file should (read : must) include the ASL License
Header, but :
http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#faq-exceptions
"A file without any degree of creativity in either its literal elements
or its structure is not protected by copyright law; therefore, such a
file does not require a license header. If in doubt about the extent of
the file's creativity, add the license header to the file."
There is no creativity in those LDIF files, they are either generated
from OpenLDAP schema files through a generator or a direct extraction
from Studio. (IMO)
Do you guys agree ?
--
Regards,
Cordialement,
Emmanuel Lécharny
www.nextury.com