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License for POM files
Hi,
What license are the pom files in the maven2 repository
(repo1.maven.org/maven2) under? We need to know if we are allowed to
redistribute those poms with Fedora.
Thanks,
Deepak
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Re: License for POM files
Posted by Brett Porter <br...@apache.org>.
I think the feedback on the list was consistent with this, I'll get
it written up somewhere.
- Brett
On 06/03/2007, at 9:09 PM, Deepak Bhole wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 07:21 +1100, Brett Porter wrote:
>> This is my take:
>> - if they contain a license block in the file, then it's that
>> license, otherwise
>> - if they contain <license> element(s), then those license(s),
>> otherwise
>> - Apache License 2.0
>>
>> I'll run this past the PMC to see if we all believe this
>> consistently.
>>
>
> Hi Brett,
>
> I was wondering if you have heard back anything on this issue yet?
>
> Thanks,
> Deepak
>
>> On 14/02/2007, at 7:10 AM, Deepak Bhole wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> What license are the pom files in the maven2 repository
>>> (repo1.maven.org/maven2) under? We need to know if we are allowed to
>>> redistribute those poms with Fedora.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Deepak
>>>
>>>
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Re: License for POM files
Posted by Deepak Bhole <db...@redhat.com>.
On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 07:21 +1100, Brett Porter wrote:
> This is my take:
> - if they contain a license block in the file, then it's that
> license, otherwise
> - if they contain <license> element(s), then those license(s), otherwise
> - Apache License 2.0
>
> I'll run this past the PMC to see if we all believe this consistently.
>
Hi Brett,
I was wondering if you have heard back anything on this issue yet?
Thanks,
Deepak
> On 14/02/2007, at 7:10 AM, Deepak Bhole wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > What license are the pom files in the maven2 repository
> > (repo1.maven.org/maven2) under? We need to know if we are allowed to
> > redistribute those poms with Fedora.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Deepak
> >
> >
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Re: License for POM files
Posted by Brett Porter <br...@apache.org>.
This is my take:
- if they contain a license block in the file, then it's that
license, otherwise
- if they contain <license> element(s), then those license(s), otherwise
- Apache License 2.0
I'll run this past the PMC to see if we all believe this consistently.
On 14/02/2007, at 7:10 AM, Deepak Bhole wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> What license are the pom files in the maven2 repository
> (repo1.maven.org/maven2) under? We need to know if we are allowed to
> redistribute those poms with Fedora.
>
> Thanks,
> Deepak
>
>
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Re: License for POM files
Posted by Dan Tran <da...@gmail.com>.
I beleive all plexus poms, not even the root parent, contains the license
element.
According to Brett, I assume it is apache2 type license since it is in
repo1. However
a written statement is even better.
-D
On 2/14/07, Trygve Laugstøl <tr...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> Deepak Bhole wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > What license are the pom files in the maven2 repository
> > (repo1.maven.org/maven2) under? We need to know if we are allowed to
> > redistribute those poms with Fedora.
>
> They either have the license of the project in question (as they come
> from the project) or they're written by us and thus (I assume) are
> covered by the Apache Software License. Some of the poms are also
> generated, but they are easy to spot.
>
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Re: License for POM files
Posted by Trygve Laugstøl <tr...@apache.org>.
Deepak Bhole wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What license are the pom files in the maven2 repository
> (repo1.maven.org/maven2) under? We need to know if we are allowed to
> redistribute those poms with Fedora.
They either have the license of the project in question (as they come
from the project) or they're written by us and thus (I assume) are
covered by the Apache Software License. Some of the poms are also
generated, but they are easy to spot.
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Re: License for POM files
Posted by Deepak Bhole <db...@redhat.com>.
On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 23:29 -0800, Carlos Sanchez wrote:
> you could check the parent pom. In this case not even the parent has license.
>
> Anything that should be done in the future to clarify the legal aspects?
>
Ideally, I think every pom should have a license field that mentions the
license. In many cases, it is impossible to tell where a pom came from
(could be someone from the upstream side (project license), maybe some
from maven (APL), or maybe another contributor (license unknown))..
Thanks,
Deepak
> On 2/14/07, Deepak Bhole <db...@redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 12:21 -0800, Carlos Sanchez wrote:
> > > The license should be inside the pom <licenses> section, or in the
> > > maven1 repo in the .license files
> > >
> >
> > Very few of the poms I am seeing have licenses. For example, even the
> > critical plexus ones don't have one:
> >
> > http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-archiver/1.0-alpha-8/plexus-archiver-1.0-alpha-8.pom
> >
> > In many cases, it it hard to tell who wrote the file. Like the above
> > file for instance, I don't know if it was written by the plexus guys (in
> > which case that license applies), or if someone from maven side wrote it
> > (APL in that case)...
> >
> > Deepak
> >
> >
> > > On 2/13/07, Deepak Bhole <db...@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > What license are the pom files in the maven2 repository
> > > > (repo1.maven.org/maven2) under? We need to know if we are allowed to
> > > > redistribute those poms with Fedora.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Deepak
> > > >
> > > >
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Re: License for POM files
Posted by Dan Tran <da...@gmail.com>.
The quickest solution for now is to introduce new plexus root parent with
license element.
at least we can said it is, free, free ;-)
then migrate all submodules to use the new parent.
-D
On 2/14/07, Carlos Sanchez <ca...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> you could check the parent pom. In this case not even the parent has
> license.
>
> Anything that should be done in the future to clarify the legal aspects?
>
> On 2/14/07, Deepak Bhole <db...@redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 12:21 -0800, Carlos Sanchez wrote:
> > > The license should be inside the pom <licenses> section, or in the
> > > maven1 repo in the .license files
> > >
> >
> > Very few of the poms I am seeing have licenses. For example, even the
> > critical plexus ones don't have one:
> >
> >
> http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-archiver/1.0-alpha-8/plexus-archiver-1.0-alpha-8.pom
> >
> > In many cases, it it hard to tell who wrote the file. Like the above
> > file for instance, I don't know if it was written by the plexus guys (in
> > which case that license applies), or if someone from maven side wrote it
> > (APL in that case)...
> >
> > Deepak
> >
> >
> > > On 2/13/07, Deepak Bhole <db...@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > What license are the pom files in the maven2 repository
> > > > (repo1.maven.org/maven2) under? We need to know if we are allowed to
> > > > redistribute those poms with Fedora.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Deepak
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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Re: License for POM files
Posted by Carlos Sanchez <ca...@apache.org>.
you could check the parent pom. In this case not even the parent has license.
Anything that should be done in the future to clarify the legal aspects?
On 2/14/07, Deepak Bhole <db...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 12:21 -0800, Carlos Sanchez wrote:
> > The license should be inside the pom <licenses> section, or in the
> > maven1 repo in the .license files
> >
>
> Very few of the poms I am seeing have licenses. For example, even the
> critical plexus ones don't have one:
>
> http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-archiver/1.0-alpha-8/plexus-archiver-1.0-alpha-8.pom
>
> In many cases, it it hard to tell who wrote the file. Like the above
> file for instance, I don't know if it was written by the plexus guys (in
> which case that license applies), or if someone from maven side wrote it
> (APL in that case)...
>
> Deepak
>
>
> > On 2/13/07, Deepak Bhole <db...@redhat.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > What license are the pom files in the maven2 repository
> > > (repo1.maven.org/maven2) under? We need to know if we are allowed to
> > > redistribute those poms with Fedora.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Deepak
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
> >
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Re: License for POM files
Posted by Deepak Bhole <db...@redhat.com>.
On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 12:21 -0800, Carlos Sanchez wrote:
> The license should be inside the pom <licenses> section, or in the
> maven1 repo in the .license files
>
Very few of the poms I am seeing have licenses. For example, even the
critical plexus ones don't have one:
http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-archiver/1.0-alpha-8/plexus-archiver-1.0-alpha-8.pom
In many cases, it it hard to tell who wrote the file. Like the above
file for instance, I don't know if it was written by the plexus guys (in
which case that license applies), or if someone from maven side wrote it
(APL in that case)...
Deepak
> On 2/13/07, Deepak Bhole <db...@redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > What license are the pom files in the maven2 repository
> > (repo1.maven.org/maven2) under? We need to know if we are allowed to
> > redistribute those poms with Fedora.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Deepak
> >
> >
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Re: License for POM files
Posted by Carlos Sanchez <ca...@apache.org>.
The license should be inside the pom <licenses> section, or in the
maven1 repo in the .license files
On 2/13/07, Deepak Bhole <db...@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> What license are the pom files in the maven2 repository
> (repo1.maven.org/maven2) under? We need to know if we are allowed to
> redistribute those poms with Fedora.
>
> Thanks,
> Deepak
>
>
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