License text in the sources

[valtri]

Hello,

could you provide license text in the sources?

I'm packaging jmespath gem for Fedora, and there are some information about licensing in guidelines:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:LicensingGuidelines?rd=Packaging/LicensingGuidelines#License_Text

Apache 2.0 license:
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt

[trevorrowe]

Do you require the license text only in the git repository as a LICENSE.txt file or also as part of the gem bundle? I assume I don't need the full Apache 2.0 license, but simply the extract that can be found at the bottom of this project's README. Is that correct?

[valtri]

I asked at the Fedora legal mailing list and answer is:

1. the license text is needed also in gem file
2. the full copy of the license is needed

Here is the detailed answer:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/legal/2014-December/002529.html

If I could try to interpret the answer: "the must" for Fedora is the full LICENSE file in the repository (then it can be packaged without problems). "The must" for upstream projects is the full license text in the gems.

[trevorrowe]

I was reading through the Apace 2.0 license, and in the appendix, it has the following section:

 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.

The given boilerplate is:

Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]

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

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

It would appear that this is the preferred text to include in my license.txt project file, no? If not, where is the copy-right stated?

[valtri]

License and copyright are two different things. The copyright can be incorporated into files themselves (as comments or in documentation). The main problem here is the Section 4a about redistribution, where the license text itself is needed.

For packaging I can pick the license text from the jmespath.rb repository. Although it may be better to follow legal experts advice and have the full text in the gem.

[trevorrowe]

Thank you for your patience. I've added the license to the project and the gem file. I went ahead and cut a 1.0.2 release with the file bundled.