Hi Michael, First thanks for your reply!
> I think the concern is only in the opposite direction, when an > Apache-licensed library wishes to include a GPL-licensed library as a > dependency. That's also my opinion. > > As long as you adhere to the conditions of the LGPL for BioJava (include > the text of the LGPL in your distribution) and of the Apache license for > the commons libraries (include the text of the Apache licence and a > NOTICE.txt file in the distribution or a section in your README.txt with > the text "This product includes software developed by The Apache Software > Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).") then you are fine. I've done that already so I hope I'm on the safe side :) Best regards Martin > > michael > > > On Fri, 23 Sep 2005, Martin Szugat wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > I'm using BioJava with my BioWeka project (www.bioweka.org). I'd like to > > create a distribution with BioWeka (GPL), BioJava (LGPL) and the Apache > > Commons libraries (Apache license) which are required by BioJava. > However > > there seems to be an incompatibility between the GPL/LGPL and the Apache > > license: > > > > > http://apache.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/18/215242&tid=117&tid=185&; > ti > > d=17&tid=2 > > > > But the Apache foundation says the licenses are compatible: > > > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/licence-FAQ.html#GPL > > > > So I'm a little bit confused if I'm allowed to package all libraries in > the > > same distribution. Maybe someone can clarify that. I already contacted > the > > Apache foundation but didn't get an answer, yet. > > > > Best regards > > > > Martin > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Biojava-l mailing list - Biojava-l@biojava.org > > http://biojava.org/mailman/listinfo/biojava-l > > _______________________________________________ Biojava-l mailing list - Biojava-l@biojava.org http://biojava.org/mailman/listinfo/biojava-l
