[License-review] CityWhisk Request for Approval of Apache 2.0 OSI License

Karl Fogel kfogel at red-bean.com
Tue May 6 16:59:26 UTC 2014


Marissa, this FAQ item may be useful to you:

  http://opensource.org/faq#apply-license

Nuno Brito <nuno.brito at triplecheck.de> writes:
>Hi Marissa,
>
>I think there is some confusion.
>
>This mailing list is for reviewing the terms of licenses such as
>Apache 2.0 but not really intended for "approving" the software
>products that eventually make usage of these licenses.
>
>
>If you're the rightful owner of the software, then you can choose
>under which license terms the code is made available.
>
>Just an advice that I noted when looking at your code. I'd recommend
>to place on the header of each source code file a short text
>explaining who wrote the file and which licenses terms are applicable.
>
>You find an example here:
>https://github.com/yusuke/twitter4j/blob/master/twitter4j-core/src/main/java/twitter4j/AccountSettings.java
>
>
>If you need any help, you're welcome to just write me a direct email
>to keep the message exchange on this list focused on its charter.
>
>With kind regards,
>Nuno Brito
>
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>
>On 2014-05-06 08:50, Marissa McDowell wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I would like to make a request for an Android mobile application
>> called CityWhisk to be licensed under Apache 2.0 as open source.  Our
>> code repo can be found at the following link: 
>>
>> https://github.com/mjm24126/CityWhiskApp/ [1]
>>
>> This is a first time approval request for our application and I'll be
>> happy to answer any other questions you have.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Marissa McDowell
>>
>> Links:
>> ------
>> [1] https://github.com/mjm24126/CityWhiskApp/
>>
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