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Posted to legal-discuss@apache.org by Ray Morris <su...@bettercgi.com> on 2012/02/17 08:16:30 UTC
SOLVED Re: Parallels (Plesk) violating Apache license?
I went ahead and mentioned the concern to them and was
told they will add LICENSE and NOTICE to the package, as
other well known packagers do.
I probably SHOULDN'T have mentioned it to them before
hearing from LEGAL, but I did.
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On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:27:24 -0600
"William A. Rowe Jr." <wr...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 2/16/2012 11:23 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote:
> > On 2/16/2012 11:19 PM, Ray Morris wrote:
> >>
> >> Am I mistaken that their distribution of Apache httpd must include
> >> a copy of the license?
> >
> > All ASF software must be distributed with the appropriate LICENSE
> > and NOTICE files intact, although it may end up in another sensible
> > file or location relevant to the product. I haven't looked at this
> > so it's not a comment on your particular example.
>
> Hmmm... reconsidering; we don't have an advertising clause.
>
> But some references in NOTICE/LICENSE of httpd do contain advertising
> clauses, so careful attention should be paid. We grant the ability
> to sublicense, so as long as the resulting license is conforming, I
> think it works out ok.
>
>
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Re: SOLVED Re: Parallels (Plesk) violating Apache license?
Posted by Greg Stein <gs...@gmail.com>.
Nah, You're all good! Thanks for being proactive and taking care of this.
Cheers,
-g
On Feb 17, 2012 2:17 AM, "Ray Morris" <su...@bettercgi.com> wrote:
>
> I went ahead and mentioned the concern to them and was
> told they will add LICENSE and NOTICE to the package, as
> other well known packagers do.
>
> I probably SHOULDN'T have mentioned it to them before
> hearing from LEGAL, but I did.
> --
> Ray Morris
> support@bettercgi.com
>
> Strongbox - The next generation in site security:
> http://www.bettercgi.com/strongbox/
>
> Throttlebox - Intelligent Bandwidth Control
> http://www.bettercgi.com/throttlebox/
>
> Strongbox / Throttlebox affiliate program:
> http://www.bettercgi.com/affiliates/user/register.php
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:27:24 -0600
> "William A. Rowe Jr." <wr...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> > On 2/16/2012 11:23 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote:
> > > On 2/16/2012 11:19 PM, Ray Morris wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Am I mistaken that their distribution of Apache httpd must include
> > >> a copy of the license?
> > >
> > > All ASF software must be distributed with the appropriate LICENSE
> > > and NOTICE files intact, although it may end up in another sensible
> > > file or location relevant to the product. I haven't looked at this
> > > so it's not a comment on your particular example.
> >
> > Hmmm... reconsidering; we don't have an advertising clause.
> >
> > But some references in NOTICE/LICENSE of httpd do contain advertising
> > clauses, so careful attention should be paid. We grant the ability
> > to sublicense, so as long as the resulting license is conforming, I
> > think it works out ok.
> >
> >
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Re: SOLVED Re: Parallels (Plesk) violating Apache license?
Posted by Paul Libbrecht <pa...@hoplahup.net>.
Le 17 févr. 2012 à 08:16, Ray Morris a écrit :
> I probably SHOULDN'T have mentioned it to them before
> hearing from LEGAL, but I did.
I disagree.
It's good to hear that people get easily this kind of trick solved.
Otherwise we only see the hard issues on this list.
paul