On Sun Aug 09 23:02, Damien Raude-Morvan wrote: > > I've reviewed the package and it looks clean, but I have one question. > > Which bit is licenced under the apache-derived licence? I can only find > > BSD-licenced files. > > OpenSymfony Licence (Apache derived one) is promoted by upstream as official > OGNL project licence [1]. But, as you, every source file I can found under > src/ in tarball were licenced under classical BSD licence. > > IMHO, this OpenSymfony Licence apply, at least, to DocBook sources files in > docbook/. > > All in all, thoses licences seems compatible between each other so it doesn't > hurt. I don't like: * 5. Products derived from this software may not be called * "OpenSymphony" * or "OGNL", nor may "OpenSymphony" or "OGNL" appear in their * name, without prior written permission of the OpenSymphony * Group. since we are, arguably, distributing a derivative work and if we ever patch it then we certainly are. I've CC'd debian-legal to get slightly wider comments on the matter. For debian-legal readers, the full licence is below. Matt /* ==================================================================== * The OpenSymphony Software License, Version 1.1 * * (this license is derived and fully compatible with the Apache Software * License - see http://www.apache.org/LICENSE.txt) * * Copyright (c) 2001-2004 The OpenSymphony Group. All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in * the documentation and/or other materials provided with the * distribution. * * 3. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, * if any, must include the following acknowledgment: * "This product includes software developed by the * OpenSymphony Group (http://www.opensymphony.com/)." * Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the software itself, * if and wherever such third-party acknowledgments normally appear. * * 4. The names "OpenSymphony" and "The OpenSymphony Group" * must not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this * software without prior written permission. For written * permission, please contact license@opensymphony.com . * * 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "OpenSymphony" * or "OGNL", nor may "OpenSymphony" or "OGNL" appear in their * name, without prior written permission of the OpenSymphony Group. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE * DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE APACHE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION OR * ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF * USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND * ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, * OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF * SUCH DAMAGE. * ==================================================================== */ -- Matthew Johnson
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