Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Remember to update your feature.propertie

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, this has been clarified or specified
via bug 306627
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=306627

and there is a small tool to help, as
described at 
http://wiki.eclipse.org/WTP/Releng/Tools#Check_and_fix-up_licenses_tool

In general, what is required for release
is defined in 
http://eclipse.org/legal/guidetolegaldoc.php

The Simultaneous Release requirement
was just one small addition to what is normally required for "legal
documents". 
It basically said everyone must use
the same SUA text. Historically, we all sort of drifted to using "different"
ones, that 
only differed in capitalization used,
perhaps some date, and special characters like bullets or "trademark".

And this made things hard for end-users
who might be looking to read each distinct license ... as they are supposed
to do :). 

From what I've seen, this "consistent
license" requirement has brought to light many issues or projects
that are not 
compliant in general about having the
right license files or about files .... so I hope no one falls into a trap
of 
thinking "oh, we have consistent
SUA license now, so we are done". You do still need to meet _all_

the normal requirements as detailed
in 
http://eclipse.org/legal/guidetolegaldoc.php
The consistent license requirement was
just one small addition. 

Thanks,

From:	Scott Lewis <slewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:	Cross project issues <cross-project-issues-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	04/22/2010 12:52 PM
Subject:	Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Remember to update your        feature.properties file, to use consistent licensing text
Sent by:	cross-project-issues-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx

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Hey all,

Is there a specific, detailed, clear explanation of what has to be done
by simultaneous release projects to meet this requirement...and pointers
to any available tools to support the required changes?  e.g. changes
to 
features (all/subset...which?), plugins (all/subset...which?)

Sorry if this information appears earlier in the mailing list (if so, 
please just link to it) but I haven't been able to read all traffic.

Thanks,

Scott


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