On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 15:28 +0200, Torsten Curdt wrote: > Matthijs Wensveen wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Maybe this question has been asked a thousand times already, in that > > case I am sorry. > > I have made a piece of software that I want to place on sourceforge. It > > is a library that makes use of lucene and a lot of other jakarta commons > > components. Those jars are licenced under the apache licence (2.0). Does > > the AL being incompatible with the GPL make it impossible for me to > > licence my library under the GPL? > > AFAIK this (release under GPL but using > AL components) should be ok - legally.
IANAL the free software foundation discusses (at length) how they see things here: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html. (they do not think that you can combine a GPL'd module without another that is ASL2.0'd.) this decision was more than a little controversial and others disagree (GPL is silent about patents but IIRC some believe that patient grants are implied whereas others do not). it is possible that differences in statue and legal systems means that different jurisdictions would deliver different judgements (if the matter ever came to court). so sadly, the only good answer at the moment is: consult a lawyer. if you cannot afford to consult a lawyer then my personal advice is to carefully read both the ASL2.0 and GPL. then do the right thing ethically. even if one day, a court interprets the law in an unexpected fashion at least you can hold your head up high and say: i did what i thought was right. - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
