Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Inconsistent packaging of epl_v10.html an

[Lawrence Mandel <lmandel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Randy,

The files should not be moved from the
features as the features still require these files. (This is important
when distributing in forms other than zips such as update manager.) notice.html
and epl_v10.html need to be located in the eclipse (or root) directory
of every package distributed by Eclipse.

This requirement is written in the Eclipse
guide to legal documentation [1]. I also spoke with Janet Campbell to confirm
the requirement given the overwrite issue. Janet confirmed that these files
are required.

[1] http://www.eclipse.org/legal/guidetolegaldoc.php.

Lawrence Mandel

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All GEF ZIPs contain the EPL file and an older version of notice.html which
was then named license.html.  They are located in /eclipse/features/org.eclipse.gef.*/*.html.
Obviously we should pick up the newer file (March, 2005), but is it necessary
to move the files to the root eclipse directory? It seems to make more
sense to keep licenses with the feature, and it avoids the overwrite issue.

-Randy

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To follow up on this, I spoke with Janet Campbell who confirmed that the
epl_v10.html and notice.html files must be included in every package (zip)
distributed by Eclipse. I've opened bugs against the projects that do not
currently include these files in their zips. 

The specifics of the bugs I opened can be found in bug 135951.

Lawrence Mandel

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Subject	[cross-project-issues-dev] Inconsistent packaging of epl_v10.html and notice.html in Eclipse project zips

When installing several projects I noticed that some project downloads
contain the files epl_v10.html and notice.html in the eclipse directory
while others
don't. For example, the Eclipse IDE, releng tools and EMF contain these
files. GEF, JEM and WTP do not contain these files.

When unzipping the projects into the Eclipse home directory, the zips that
contain the licence and notice files prompt me to overwrite them. This
seems like a mistake as I don't think I should ever overwrite license information
but may in fact be the correct packaging for Eclipse project zips.

The projects that are part of the Callisto release should be consistent
in their packaging. Should project zips contain the epl_v10.html and notice.html
files in their eclipse directory? If yes, it looks like several projects
will need to add these files for the Callisto release. If no, at least
a couple projects will need to remove these files for Callisto.

This issue is being tracked in bug 135951. I've posted to this list as
per Kim's suggestion. 

Thanks, 

Lawrence Mandel

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