On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 08:40 -0700, Martin Cooper wrote: > On 5/26/05, Don Seiler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 08:54 Thu 26 May , Don Seiler wrote: > > > I would be willing to start an sf.net project with ASL for license, and > > > then jakarta would be more than welcome to do what they want with it. > > > Any and all are welcome to join as well. > > > > Just out of curiosity, is LGPL compatible with ASL? > > No, it's not, unfortunately. ;-(
It depends on which direction you are talking about. Can LGPL code be invoked from APL code, with the result distributed under the APL? Well, the FSF says it can, the ASF board say it can't. I *believe* it mostly hinges on the meaning of the word "linking" in the java environment. The current Apache policy is very clear: no direct calling of GPL or LGPL code is allowed from Apache-hosted projects. As a result, I would be very wary of doing this even somewhere like Sourceforge. Can APL code be used as part of a project distributed under the LGPL or GPL? The ASF board says maybe, the FSF say it can't. The reason is due to "patent termination" clauses in the APL2.0: http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/license-list.html http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html There have been ongoing discussions between the ASF and the FSF for years about this. Both sides want the licenses to be compatible, but no progress so far. If you're keen for your code to be useable in all of GPL/LGPL/APL projects, then I *think* you need to use a BSD license; it's the "common denominator". But I'm not a lawyer. Regards, Simon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
