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Posted to legal-discuss@apache.org by "Chip Childers (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org> on 2012/10/02 16:39:07 UTC
[jira] [Commented] (LEGAL-146) Are configuration files subject to
copyright or other license?
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-146?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13467757#comment-13467757 ]
Chip Childers commented on LEGAL-146:
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Just as a final comment on this topic, the CloudStack community was able to resolve issues with ALL of the files in question. We no longer have a question for the legal team on this topic. Thanks!
> Are configuration files subject to copyright or other license?
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: LEGAL-146
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-146
> Project: Legal Discuss
> Issue Type: Question
> Reporter: Chiradeep Vittal
>
> In Apache CloudStack (incubating), we plan to distribute runtime configurations for software that is GPL-licensed. Some of these configurations have been hand-coded after reading the manuals, some of them are modifications of default configuration files that are included with the program's distribution.
> For what it is worth there is only one way of making the said modifications (i.e., following the manual for the software).
> None of the original configuration files had any license text included with them.
> Examples:
> sysctl.conf : to configure and optimize the behavior of the Linux networking stack
> dnsmasq.conf: to configure behavior of the DHCP server to fit the needs of Apache CloudStack
> sshd.conf: to configure special ports and turn off password-based authentication
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