Axis2 and Axiom redistribute the stax-api-1.0.1.jar file from the Codehaus StAX project under the Apache License 2.0, however it is not initially distributed under this license. The jar file does not contain a license file and the only reference to licensing on the StAX project website ( stax.codehaus.org) is "Open Source (Apache ASL 2.1)", but ASL 2.1 does not exist.
Does anyone know how the decision was reached in Apache to redistribute this jar file under AL 2.0? Or where else I should direct this question to? My question is motivated by Apache Woden release management and incubation exit criteria. Woden uses Axiom so it also redistributes the stax-api-1.0.1.jar file, but I can't find any basis for the AL 2.0 license used by Axiom for the stax jar. We've had suggestions previously to use the Geronimo StAX API jar instead, but we really need to maintain the correct Axiom dependencies, so we need to answer this question. thanks, John Kaputin.
