Correct. I'll work to resolve the lack of published information. It's more than just LGPL really, we need a page that lists all acceptable OSI-accepted licences. LGPL is just the biggest issue as it's probably the 2nd most common open-source Java licence behind BSD-like.
As far as the FUD/IANAL stuff, it's all pretty honest but I'm happy to take a stand and say that we won't have LGPL in Jakarta code until we hear otherwise from the board. I'd love to be using JFreeChart here, but it's LGPL. Hen (Henning's .sig is especially apt in his reply btw. :) ) On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 22:13:30 +0000 (UTC), Henning P. Schmiedehausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Eric Pugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >This is really driving me crazy.. I have tracked threads on general and > >jakarta-pmc mailing lists about this.. And everytime it comes down to "I am > >not a lawyer" and a bunch of FUD. We really need someone from the top of > >Apache to provide direction. I work a lot with hibernate code and can think > >of at least 4 projects that have hibernate code in them (at least as far as > >import statements). > > There _is_ a clear statement from the board. And even though we don't > really like it technology-wise, it is sound from a licensing point of > view. > > #1 "No LGPL dependencies in code delivered from *.apache.org" > > #2 "import <xxx>" where <xxx> is a LGPLed package is already a dependency. > > I think that Geir made this clear on [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > So every project that does have e.g. Hibernate dependencies in there > must move off-Apache. This holds true for some maven-plugins and it > would also hold true for a possible Hibernate-related > commons-configuration module. > > This is not a bad thing IMHO. Apache is mainly about community and the > drive to keep the "sources clean". > > Having some modules or code being outside apache.org (e.g. on > SourceForge) shouldn't be a big problem. We add a "links to related > stuff" to the site and everything is fine. > > Regards > Henning > > -- > Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen INTERMETA GmbH > [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49 9131 50 654 0 http://www.intermeta.de/ > > RedHat Certified Engineer -- Jakarta Turbine Development -- hero for hire > Linux, Java, perl, Solaris -- Consulting, Training, Development > > "Fighting for one's political stand is an honorable action, but re- > fusing to acknowledge that there might be weaknesses in one's > position - in order to identify them so that they can be remedied - > is a large enough problem with the Open Source movement that it > deserves to be on this list of the top five problems." > -- Michelle Levesque, "Fundamental Issues with > Open Source Software Development" > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
