SpringSource dm Server has a similar situation, so you may be interested in the following: http://www.springsource.com//products/dmserver/licensingfaq
-Ramnivas On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Wim Deblauwe <[email protected]>wrote: > There is some information on the EPL on wikipedia: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_Public_License > > What i find most striking is that it is not compatible with the GPL, so as > I understand it, you cannot build a GPL application or library using > aspectJ. Can somebody confirm this? > > regards, > > Wim > > 2009/10/5 Andy Clement <[email protected]> > > Hi Mike, >> >> Unfortunately - I'm not a lawyer either and basically agree with >> Ramnivas. But I would say the AspectJ FAQ is very overdue an update >> (and wasn't written by a lawyer originally) - it still references the >> CPL when we moved to EPL many releases ago. However, I'd say there is >> no intention to trick anyone here, and my interpretation is simply >> that you need to ship aspectjrt.jar as-is (without removing any of >> it). We could maybe ask the Eclipse IP team for some guidance, but >> I've not had to do that before and aspectjrt.jar has been shipped with >> many products in the past (not just open source projects). >> >> Andy >> >> >> 2009/10/2 McSherry, Mike <[email protected]>: >> > Greetings, >> > >> > I'm interested in the license exception noted in the FAQ, which Jacob >> Bower >> > also referenced. If distributing only 'aspectjrt.jar' as part of my >> > product, I read it as only the warranty disclaimers being applicable. >> > Referring to the EPL license text, that would be solely the terms noted >> in >> > "Section 5: NO WARRANTY"? >> > >> > Is that indeed the extent of the terms which are applicable to >> distributing >> > ‘aspectjrt.jar’? >> > >> > I'd greatly appreciate clarification on this from the project leads, >> since >> > I'm not a lawyer either, but I have to work with them. >> > >> > --Mike >> > >> > Jacob Bower wrote: >> > >> > I had got the impression that distribution generally wasn't going to be >> an >> > issue. >> > >> > However, I'm trying to understand what my obligations are in terms of >> for >> > example making the end user view the EPL? >> > >> > - Jacob >> > >> > 2009/7/13 Ramnivas Laddad <ramni...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > <mailto:ramni...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> >> > >> > I am not a lawyer, but I do not think there are any restrictions >> > >> > on redistributing aspectjrt.jar (or any of the the AspectJ jars). >> > >> > For example, aspectjrt.jar is distributed with many SpringSource >> > >> > products (open source as well as commercial). >> > >> > -Ramnivas >> > >> > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Jacob Bower <ja...@xxxxxxxxxxx >> > >> > <mailto:ja...@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > I'm developing a Java library which will be distributed in jar >> > >> > form. In developing this library I have used AspectJ 1.6.5 and >> > >> > the resulting binary will include code woven in by the ajc >> > >> > compiler. To distribute this library I will need to distribute >> > >> > the AspectJ run-time. Users of the library will not need to >> > >> > use ajc to compile their code as all relevant joinpoints are >> > >> > internal to the library. >> > >> > In this case, what are the restrictions on distributing the >> > >> > AspectJ run-time. Can I include the aspectj.jar (or its >> > >> > conents) in my own jar with no notices? >> > >> > I've consulted the AspectJ FAQ on this matter, but I am >> > >> > unclear on how I'm supposed to preserve the warranty >> > >> > disclaimers in the license. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Jacob >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > aspectj-users mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/aspectj-users >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> aspectj-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/aspectj-users >> > > > _______________________________________________ > aspectj-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/aspectj-users > >
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