Matt England <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/15/2006 10:08:56 PM: > (I am resending this email, for it looks like it did not make it through
> went I sent it yesterday--Friday 4/14 at noon CT.) > > Xerces-C/C++ authors/developers, > > I am managing a GPL-based project that uses the Xerces-C/C++ library. I > would like to be able to package Xerces-C/C++ libraries and/or source with > some of project's distributions (particularly on Windows systems). > > However, Xerces' Apache license is incompatible with the GPL and thus we > can not distribute it with our project and will require our users to > acquire the library and/or source separately--causing the biggest problems > on Windows' systems. I haven't followed the debate on license compatibility, but I've read that it's in limbo [1] and there isn't a definitive answer yet. > Can Xerces-C++ offer GPL-based license to my project? If so, how can we go > about formalizing the logistics for such a thing? All software produced by the ASF is licensed under the Apache License, v2.0 (since 2004) [2]. I don't think what you're asking for is possible under the current policy. You might want to post these questions on [email protected] [3] to get a better answer. > Fyi, We have the same challenge with OpenSSL. However, this problem has > been addressed and managed by other parties as per: > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSSL_exception> > > I see no such things for Xerces-C/C++. > > An aside: is there a convenient, supported, and/or popular way for users to > acquire binary Xerces-C/C++ libraries to which we can point our users? The current release is available on Apache mirrors [4]. Older releases are available on the archive site [5]. > Thank you for any consideration for this matter, > -Matt > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks. [1] http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html [2] http://www.apache.org/licenses/ [3] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-legal-discuss/ [4] http://xml.apache.org/xerces-c/download.cgi [5] http://archive.apache.org/dist/xml/xerces-c/ Michael Glavassevich XML Parser Development IBM Toronto Lab E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
