Chintana Wilamuna wrote:
On Jan 5, 2008 3:09 PM, Trasca Virgil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I see that Axis2C has following dependencies
libxml2.dll [http://www.xmlsoft.org - download the version >=
libxml2-2.6.27.win32] (optional - required only if you are not
using Guththila parser)iconv.dll [ http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/ -
download the
version >= iconv-1.9.1.win32]zlib1.dll [ http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
- download the version >=
zlib-1.2.3.win32]libxslt.dll [http://www.xmlsoft.org - download the
version >= libxslt-1.1.24.win32
]http://ws.apache.org/axis2/c/docs/installationguide.html#win_binary
These dependencies are not comming directly with Axis2C binaries but only
links to download are provided in the documentation.
iconv is from www.gnu.org.
So my questions is how are these dependencies licensed and how compatible
is Apache2 license of Axis with these dependencies licenses? Why these are
not comming bundled in Axis2C binaries and only links to download are
provided?
LibXML2 comes with the MIT license.
Zlib doesn't require sources to be made available when you're redistributing.
iconv comes with the LGPL license.
There are no incompatibility issues with the Apache 2.0 license which
Axis2/C is distributed.
Why are these packages not bundled with Axis2/C? I would say it's a
matter of convenience. Most free/open source software packages out
there just provide a link to the dependent libraries rather than
bundling dependents with them.
Axis2/C uses OpenSSL as well. When it comes to that, bundling OpenSSL
with Axis2/C is a headache since it's license gets a bit anal
retentive when it comes to redistribution.
Looks like we have to take the matter to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can someone please
take the initiative? I think better to go through the mail archive
before asking them because some one or the other must have come across
this issue earlier.
Thanks,
Samisa...
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