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Re: RFS: bluecove, bluecove-gpl



On Sat, 2010-12-04 at 22:43 +0100, Michael Tautschnig wrote:
> [...]
> 
> > > - There is missing/incomplete license information in three source files:
> > > ./src/main/java/com/sun/cdc/io/ConnectionBaseInterface.java: *No copyright* UNKNOWN
> > > ./src/main/java/com/ibm/oti/connection/CreateConnection.java: UNKNOWN
> > > ./src/main/java/com/ibm/oti/vm/VM.java: UNKNOWN
> > >   All of them carry a marker "Not in distributed bluecove jar", but this doesn't
> > >   make the source of those files distributable. I guess you will have to repack
> > >   the tarball to produce a DFSG-free version.
> 
> [...]
> 
> If these files completely lack copyright information, it might not even be legal
> to distribute them. The proper approach would definitely be to track down where
> they come from and fix the copyright&license information. Maybe they are part of
> some larger source package which has its license stated in a separate file!?
> 
> Best regards,
> Michael
> 

I have contacted the developer but am quite confused with his response.
You can see the thread here
http://groups.google.com/group/bluecove-developers/browse_thread/thread/f28c13ae5a3e9d46 .

Thanks,

Chris

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