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Posted to legal-discuss@apache.org by Felix Meschberger <fm...@apache.org> on 2008/09/02 23:07:13 UTC
Copyright statement in the NOTICE file
Hi all,
Sorry, if this is an RTFM-kind of question (links welcome, nevertheles
;-) ).
Over in the Apache Felix project we have a recent contribution of code,
which went through the IP Clearing process.
The NOTICE file as it stands right now starts with:
Apache Felix Remote Shell
Copyright 2006-2008 Dieter Wimberger
We are now uncertain whether it is correct to have this second line (the
Copyrigh attribution) is correct for a piece of software contained in
the Apache SVN repository and to be released as ASF software.
If someone with more insight in Copyright law could shed some light on
this for us, this would be very kind.
Thanks a lot and regards
Felix
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Re: Copyright statement in the NOTICE file
Posted by Felix Meschberger <fm...@gmail.com>.
Hi Jennifer,
Thanks for your reply. After thinking about it again and also reading
the stuff again, you pointed me at, we decided to replace the Copyright
statement.
Regards
Felix
Jennifer O'Neill schrieb:
>
> If a source file is submitted to the ASF with a copyright notice
> included in it, the copyright owner (or owner's agent) must
> either remove such notice, move it to the NOTICE file associated
> with the applicable project release, or provide written
> permission for the ASF to so remove or relocate the notice. It
> looks like the copyright notice has already been appropriately
> placed in the NOTICE file for Apache Felix; if it was submitted
> this way by Dieter or Dieter otherwise consented to ASF moving
> the copyright notice to the NOTICE file, then everything should
> be kosher. More detailed guidance is available at
> http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html.
>
>
> Please note also that each source file should include the
> following license header (there shouldn't be a copyright notice
> in the header):
>
>
> Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF)
> under one
> or more contributor license agreements. See the
> NOTICE file
> distributed with this work for additional information
> regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this
> file
> to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
> "License"); you may not use this file except in
> compliance
> with the License. You may obtain a copy of the
> License at
>
> http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
>
> Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in
> writing,
> software distributed under the License is distributed
> on an
> "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
> KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
> specific language governing permissions and limitations
> under the License.
>
> Cheers,
> Jennifer O'Neill
>
>
> On 9/2/08, *Felix Meschberger* <fmeschbe@apache.org
> <ma...@apache.org>> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Sorry, if this is an RTFM-kind of question (links welcome, nevertheles
> ;-) ).
>
> Over in the Apache Felix project we have a recent contribution of code,
> which went through the IP Clearing process.
>
> The NOTICE file as it stands right now starts with:
>
> Apache Felix Remote Shell
> Copyright 2006-2008 Dieter Wimberger
>
> We are now uncertain whether it is correct to have this second line (the
> Copyrigh attribution) is correct for a piece of software contained in
> the Apache SVN repository and to be released as ASF software.
>
> If someone with more insight in Copyright law could shed some light on
> this for us, this would be very kind.
>
> Thanks a lot and regards
> Felix
>
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Re: Copyright statement in the NOTICE file
Posted by Jennifer O'Neill <je...@gmail.com>.
If a source file is submitted to the ASF with a copyright notice included in
it, the copyright owner (or owner's agent) must either remove such
notice, move it to the NOTICE file associated with the applicable project
release, or provide written permission for the ASF to so remove or relocate
the notice. It looks like the copyright notice has already been
appropriately placed in the NOTICE file for Apache Felix; if it was
submitted this way by Dieter or Dieter otherwise consented to ASF moving the
copyright notice to the NOTICE file, then everything should be kosher. More
detailed guidance is available at
http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html. Please note also that
each source file should include the following license header (there
shouldn't be a copyright notice in the header): Licensed to the
Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
distributed with this work for additional information
regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
software distributed under the License is distributed on an
"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
specific language governing permissions and limitations
under the License.
Cheers,
Jennifer O'Neill
On 9/2/08, Felix Meschberger <fm...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Sorry, if this is an RTFM-kind of question (links welcome, nevertheles
> ;-) ).
>
> Over in the Apache Felix project we have a recent contribution of code,
> which went through the IP Clearing process.
>
> The NOTICE file as it stands right now starts with:
>
> Apache Felix Remote Shell
> Copyright 2006-2008 Dieter Wimberger
>
> We are now uncertain whether it is correct to have this second line (the
> Copyrigh attribution) is correct for a piece of software contained in
> the Apache SVN repository and to be released as ASF software.
>
> If someone with more insight in Copyright law could shed some light on
> this for us, this would be very kind.
>
> Thanks a lot and regards
> Felix
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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> only. Statements made on this list are not privileged, do not
> constitute legal advice, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions
> and policies of the ASF. See <http://www.apache.org/licenses/> for
> official ASF policies and documents.
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