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Confusing licence #513

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painhardcore opened this issue May 30, 2019 · 5 comments
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Confusing licence #513

painhardcore opened this issue May 30, 2019 · 5 comments
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@painhardcore
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LICENSE.md says that project is under Apache License 2.0.
But in files we have:

// Last.Backend LLC CONFIDENTIAL
// __________________
//
// [2014] - [2019] Last.Backend LLC
// All Rights Reserved.
//
// NOTICE: All information contained herein is, and remains
// the property of Last.Backend LLC and its suppliers,
// if any. The intellectual and technical concepts contained
// herein are proprietary to Last.Backend LLC
// and its suppliers and may be covered by Russian Federation and Foreign Patents,
// patents in process, and are protected by trade secret or copyright law.
// Dissemination of this information or reproduction of this material
// is strictly forbidden unless prior written permission is obtained
// from Last.Backend LLC.
//

Please choose under what type of license this project is.

@kirillDanshin
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Apache License 2.0 requires licensed files to contain a header, as noticed here:

lastbackend/LICENSE

Lines 178 to 196 in 9bb5676

APPENDIX: How to apply the Apache License to your work.
To apply the Apache License to your work, attach the following
boilerplate notice, with the fields enclosed by brackets "{}"
replaced with your own identifying information. (Don't include
the brackets!) The text should be enclosed in the appropriate
comment syntax for the file format. We also recommend that a
file or class name and description of purpose be included on the
same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
identification within third-party archives.
Copyright 2014-2019 LLC "Last.Backend"
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Please notice, that that lines are just header template, and they do not affect file license itself.
So, currently, this project is proprietary, while being open-source.

@undassa
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undassa commented Jun 2, 2019

@kirillDanshin @painhardcore Thanks for issue. Will fix this on beta2 release next week.

@kirillDanshin
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Some additional thoughts.

Current header states

 // Last.Backend LLC CONFIDENTIAL 

Published files are by definition not confidential, so you should either split your repositories properly and prepare public version by replacing license with a valid one (proprietary or Apache 2.0), or move both repositories to a consistent and valid license.

If you plan to use proprietary license, please consider describing your license terms properly to avoid unnecessary license-related issues for self-hosted users.

@undassa
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undassa commented Jun 18, 2019

@kirillDanshin our legal team is creating a normal license path to fix this..
We have delay with our release to the next week. License fix will be included.

thx with this issue.

@kirillDanshin
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@undassa ping me if you'll need help or review

@undassa undassa added this to Research in v0.1.0-rc Aug 25, 2019
@undassa undassa self-assigned this Aug 25, 2019
@undassa undassa added this to the v0.1.0-beta2 milestone Aug 25, 2019
@undassa undassa added the legal label Aug 25, 2019
@undassa undassa moved this from Research to In progress in v0.1.0-rc Mar 30, 2020
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