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[jira] [Updated] (LEGAL-649) do we need to add license headers when 3rd party file that we inherited has no such header?
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PJ Fanning updated LEGAL-649:
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Summary: do we need to add license headers when 3rd party file that we inherited has no such header? (was: do we need to add license headers when 3rd party file that we inherited has no such header)
> do we need to add license headers when 3rd party file that we inherited has no such header?
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> Key: LEGAL-649
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-649
> Project: Legal Discuss
> Issue Type: Task
> Reporter: PJ Fanning
> Priority: Major
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> Apache Pekko is a fork of Akka and was done because Akka switched away from Apache License to a Business Software License.
> Many of the Akka files do not have source headers. They commonly do not add them to files like shell scripts and template files.
> It is my understanding that we should only add ASL headers to new files. There is also an argument that any existing non ASL headered file that we make very significant changes to should also then have an ASL header added (while retaining any pre-existing license headers).
> We are getting releases blocked over source files that have no license headers - but these are files that we inherited from Akka and no significant Apache Pekko modifications have been done to them.
> Would someone be able to clarify the position on whether we are forced to start adding headers to files that the Apache Pekko team did not write?
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