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[jira] [Resolved] (LEGAL-258) How do we deal with non-ASF licenses in the header of a file?

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-258?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Andrew Palumbo resolved LEGAL-258.
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    Resolution: Information Provided

Thank you!

> How do we deal with non-ASF licenses in the header of a file?
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: LEGAL-258
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-258
>             Project: Legal Discuss
>          Issue Type: Question
>            Reporter: Andrew Palumbo
>
> I need to bring some c++ header files into the Mahout codebase.  Currently they have an MIT X11 license at the top eg.:
> {code}
> +
> +/* =========================================================================
> +   Copyright (c) 2010-2016, Institute for Microelectronics,
> +                            Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing,
> +                            TU Wien.
> +   Portions of this software are copyright by UChicago Argonne, LLC.
> +
> +                            -----------------
> +                  ViennaCL - The Vienna Computing Library
> +                            -----------------
> +
> +   Project Head:    Karl Rupp                   rupp@iue.tuwien.ac.at
> +
> +   (A list of authors and contributors can be found in the manual)
> +
> +   License:         MIT (X11), see file LICENSE in the base directory
> +============================================================================= */
> +
> +/** @file viennacl/compressed_matrix.hpp
> +  {...}
> {code}
> I am wondering if I should copy the ASF License above that or if that license needs to be removed fully?  There are ~50 c++ header files that i will be bringing in.
> Should I just leave this as is?  It is my understanding that we should not modify the file or the license.
> Thank You
>  



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