[Springframework-developer] Open source licensing questions

[Lee, P. H. <pak...@lo...>]

Dear developers,

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I am not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I am currently
working on a project in Hong Kong that use JasperReport for reporting
and the client need some clarification from us before approving the use
of open source software like Spring in the project.=20=20

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Following are the questions that I received and cannot find the answer
on the net:

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1. Does the maintainer perform any review of contributions (other than a
technical review) to understand whether he has the right to redistribute
the code or does the maintainer accept contributions without asking
questions?

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2. Specifically, does the maintainer require contributors to accept/sign
any kind of contributor's statement?  If yes, could you provide a copy
to me

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3. How long has this package been available?  Has the license changed
over time?=20=20

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4. Has this code been distributed by others?  If yes, who and how so?

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This is critical to our project and would appreciate if you can help.

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Thanks and regards,

P.H. Lee



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