Need NOTICE file in top level directory?

[Tim Van Steenburgh <tv...@gmail.com>]

Hey guys,

I was reviewing Peter's work on https://sourceforge.net/p/allura/tickets/4648 tonight and noticed that we don't have a NOTICE file in the root dir with the LICENSE file. I know it's in the individual packages dirs, and I follow the logic of the conversation on the ticket linked above, but at the same time, http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html sounds pretty insistent that "Every Apache distribution should include a NOTICE file in the top directory, along with the standard LICENSE file."

Rich, do you have any input on this? It's not a big deal to add obviously, just figured I'd ask before merging.

Tim

Re: Need NOTICE file in top level directory?

[Tim Van Steenburgh <tv...@gmail.com>]

I think manual updates will be fine, since I doubt they'll happen very often. 

Tim 

On Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 5:48 AM, Peter Hartmann wrote:

> On 16.04.2013 14:58, Rich Bowen wrote:
> > If I understand the docs correctly, I think we should probably err on the side of too much than too little - so we should put the NOTICE file in there as described in src-headers.html
> 
> To clarify, ASF guidance uses the term "unit of distribution", and it's 
> also my reasoning that we need top-dir NOTICE as well as per-package. I 
> believe I've created it along the way but it was lost somewhere in the 
> process, nevermind I'll add it again.
> 
> One inconvenience coming from this is that we'll need to add new notices 
> in two NOTICE files now. Do you (other developers) think it should be 
> automated somehow, e.g. with a script to be run at release time, or is 
> it too much of a hassle?
> 
> 

Re: Need NOTICE file in top level directory?

[Rich Bowen <rb...@rcbowen.com>]

On Apr 18, 2013, at 5:48 AM, Peter Hartmann wrote:

> Do you (other developers) think it should be automated somehow, e.g. with a script to be run at release time, or is it too much of a hassle?

There are projects out there that do it both ways - as part of a release script, or just manually. If it bugs anyone enough over time, no doubt someone will automate it.

-- 
Rich Bowen
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Re: Need NOTICE file in top level directory?

[Peter Hartmann <ma...@gmail.com>]

On 16.04.2013 14:58, Rich Bowen wrote:
> If I understand the docs correctly, I think we should probably err on the side of too much than too little - so we should put the NOTICE file in there as described in src-headers.html
To clarify, ASF guidance uses the term "unit of distribution", and it's 
also my reasoning that we need top-dir NOTICE as well as per-package. I 
believe I've created it along the way but it was lost somewhere in the 
process, nevermind I'll add it again.

One inconvenience coming from this is that we'll need to add new notices 
in two NOTICE files now. Do you (other developers) think it should be 
automated somehow, e.g. with a script to be run at release time, or is 
it too much of a hassle?

Re: Need NOTICE file in top level directory?

[Rich Bowen <rb...@rcbowen.com>]

If I understand the docs correctly, I think we should probably err on the side of too much than too little - so we should put the NOTICE file in there as described in src-headers.html

The legal stuff always seems a little opaque to me.

--Rich

On Apr 15, 2013, at 9:33 PM, Tim Van Steenburgh wrote:

> Hey guys,
> 
> I was reviewing Peter's work on https://sourceforge.net/p/allura/tickets/4648 tonight and noticed that we don't have a NOTICE file in the root dir with the LICENSE file. I know it's in the individual packages dirs, and I follow the logic of the conversation on the ticket linked above, but at the same time, http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html sounds pretty insistent that "Every Apache distribution should include a NOTICE file in the top directory, along with the standard LICENSE file."
> 
> Rich, do you have any input on this? It's not a big deal to add obviously, just figured I'd ask before merging.
> 
> Tim

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Rich Bowen
rbowen@rcbowen.com
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