IP Clearance

[Les Hazlewood <lh...@apache.org>]

Hi Mentors,

According to our STATUS file
(http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/jsecurity/STATUS?view=markup),
we've got to clear the "Copyrights & Licensing" and "Distribution
Rights" sections.  How can we verify that these have been completed?

I mean, I can go through each file, one by one and verify that the ASF
header is in place, but I'm sure that you guys have done this a few
times before ;)  So, I'm looking for best practices to achieve this...

Thanks,

Les

Re: IP Clearance

[Craig L Russell <Cr...@Sun.COM>]

Hi Les,

The more important task is for the team to verify that all of the code  
in the repository has the right license considering its provenance.  
That is, it's not enough that the source has the Apache license in  
svn. It has to have the license that the IP owner granted.

Usually, this is done during code grant / import (and then  
continuously as files are checked in).

The RAT is good to verify the actual repository contents, as Emmanuel  
points out.

Craig

On Jan 11, 2009, at 12:15 PM, Les Hazlewood wrote:

> Awesome!  Thanks for the pointer!
>
> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Emmanuel Lecharny <elecharny@gmail.com 
> > wrote:
>> Les Hazlewood wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Mentors,
>>>
>>> According to our STATUS file
>>> (http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/jsecurity/STATUS? 
>>> view=markup),
>>> we've got to clear the "Copyrights & Licensing" and "Distribution
>>> Rights" sections.  How can we verify that these have been completed?
>>>
>>> I mean, I can go through each file, one by one and verify that the  
>>> ASF
>>> header is in place, but I'm sure that you guys have done this a few
>>> times before ;)  So, I'm looking for best practices to achieve  
>>> this...
>>>
>>
>> There is an ASF project called 'rat' which can be used in your build.
>>
>> http://incubator.apache.org/rat/
>>
>> It's not perfect, but for a first pass...
>>
>> --
>> --
>> cordialement, regards,
>> Emmanuel Lécharny
>> www.iktek.com
>> directory.apache.org
>>
>>
>>

Craig L Russell
Architect, Sun Java Enterprise System http://db.apache.org/jdo
408 276-5638 mailto:Craig.Russell@sun.com
P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp!

Re: IP Clearance

[Les Hazlewood <le...@anjinllc.com>]

Awesome!  Thanks for the pointer!

On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Les Hazlewood wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mentors,
>>
>> According to our STATUS file
>> (http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/jsecurity/STATUS?view=markup),
>> we've got to clear the "Copyrights & Licensing" and "Distribution
>> Rights" sections.  How can we verify that these have been completed?
>>
>> I mean, I can go through each file, one by one and verify that the ASF
>> header is in place, but I'm sure that you guys have done this a few
>> times before ;)  So, I'm looking for best practices to achieve this...
>>
>
> There is an ASF project called 'rat' which can be used in your build.
>
> http://incubator.apache.org/rat/
>
> It's not perfect, but for a first pass...
>
> --
> --
> cordialement, regards,
> Emmanuel Lécharny
> www.iktek.com
> directory.apache.org
>
>
>

Re: IP Clearance

[Emmanuel Lecharny <el...@gmail.com>]

Les Hazlewood wrote:
> Hi Mentors,
>
> According to our STATUS file
> (http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/jsecurity/STATUS?view=markup),
> we've got to clear the "Copyrights & Licensing" and "Distribution
> Rights" sections.  How can we verify that these have been completed?
>
> I mean, I can go through each file, one by one and verify that the ASF
> header is in place, but I'm sure that you guys have done this a few
> times before ;)  So, I'm looking for best practices to achieve this...
>   
There is an ASF project called 'rat' which can be used in your build.

http://incubator.apache.org/rat/

It's not perfect, but for a first pass...

-- 
--
cordialement, regards,
Emmanuel Lécharny
www.iktek.com
directory.apache.org