Can I use open source code from other software products?

[Dan Dumont <dd...@us.ibm.com>]

What processes should I follow if I want to use some (reworked snippets) 
of code from another software project like Dojo for inclusion in a shindig 
feature?

Dojo's code can be taken under the BSD license so I assume it's safe for 
inclusion here.  Is that correct? (http://dojotoolkit.org/license )
Should I be maintaining any comments or include any attribution for the 
parts I want to borrow? (I mean legally, cause I will want to reference 
the origin of the code anyway)

I'm not looking to borrow whole files.  Is it acceptable to include this 
in Shindig?

Re: Can I use open source code from other software products?

[Ate Douma <at...@douma.nu>]

For the example of including Dojo code, as it is BSD licensed, the only 
requirement is to make sure their BSD license (and copyright statement) is 
appended to the NOTICE file of every release archive containing this usage, 
directly or embedded in a dependency, *and* the root /LICENSE file.

On 02/01/2012 03:15 PM, Paul Lindner wrote:
> You can incorporate other compatible code.
>
> http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#3party
>
> Also see:
>
> http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html
>
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 6:04 AM, Dan Dumont<dd...@us.ibm.com>  wrote:
>
>> What processes should I follow if I want to use some (reworked snippets)
>> of code from another software project like Dojo for inclusion in a shindig
>> feature?
>>
>> Dojo's code can be taken under the BSD license so I assume it's safe for
>> inclusion here.  Is that correct? (http://dojotoolkit.org/license )
>> Should I be maintaining any comments or include any attribution for the
>> parts I want to borrow? (I mean legally, cause I will want to reference
>> the origin of the code anyway)
>>
>> I'm not looking to borrow whole files.  Is it acceptable to include this
>> in Shindig?
>
>
>
>

Re: Can I use open source code from other software products?

[Paul Lindner <li...@inuus.com>]

You can incorporate other compatible code.

http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#3party

Also see:

http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 6:04 AM, Dan Dumont <dd...@us.ibm.com> wrote:

> What processes should I follow if I want to use some (reworked snippets)
> of code from another software project like Dojo for inclusion in a shindig
> feature?
>
> Dojo's code can be taken under the BSD license so I assume it's safe for
> inclusion here.  Is that correct? (http://dojotoolkit.org/license )
> Should I be maintaining any comments or include any attribution for the
> parts I want to borrow? (I mean legally, cause I will want to reference
> the origin of the code anyway)
>
> I'm not looking to borrow whole files.  Is it acceptable to include this
> in Shindig?




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Re: Can I use open source code from other software products?

[Thomas Koch <th...@koch.ro>]

Dan Dumont:
> What processes should I follow if I want to use some (reworked snippets)
> of code from another software project like Dojo for inclusion in a shindig
> feature?
Hi Dan,

just FYI, your question triggered me to add another hint to my collection of 
hints for upstream developers who'd like to help distributions package their 
project:

http://wiki.debian.org/Java/UpstreamHints#Avoid_convenience_copies_of_code

It's a _wiki_ page in progress.

Best regards,

Thomas Koch, http://www.koch.ro