Thank you for the clarification, Dennis! Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> schrieb am Di., 14. Juni 2016 um 19:57:
> [Chiming in lest those on the Commons PMC who know the answer don't and > leave the LGPL question dangling.] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gary Gregory [mailto:garydgreg...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 23:23 > > To: Commons Developers List <dev@commons.apache.org> > > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Brining clirr to the ASF? > > > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 11:19 PM, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > as Jochen has pointed out, Clirr seems to be unmaintained. However we > > build > > > a good part of our release strategy upon clirr. So I wonder whether we > > > should foster bringing clirr to the ASF (for example by going through > > > incubation). We're probably not the only ASF project using Clirr. > > > > > > > +1. Can we bring in code that's under GNU Lesser General Public and make > > it > > ASL 2? > [orcmid] > > Short answer: No. > > Does not the exception for build dependencies apply for clirr though, so > long as it is not in releases and in the project repository? > > TL;DR Longer answer, to bring clirr into the project. If those who hold > copyright in the Clirr code agree to license it to the ASF under terms that > empower the ASF to provide a different license, this would work. It is not > otherwise possible for parties who are not the original copyright holders > or so-empowered licensees to alter the license on anything (and that > applies to ASLv2-licensed works too). Generally, one can't even get *into* > incubation without a cure in hand before the subject code is imported for > IP cleanup. Please consult > <http://apache.org/legal/resolved.html>, > <http://incubator.apache.org/guides/mentor.html#initial-ip-clearance>, > and <http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html> for related > considerations. > > And then there are the dependencies of clirr to pay attention to. > > > > > Could fit under a new Commons Build or Clirr component since it is a > > "common" build requirement. > > > > Gary > > > > > > > Benedikt > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition > > <http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> > > JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> > > Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> > > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >
