Dear board,
there exists some confusion within the apache community about the redistribution of library sources and binaries by apache. The question I ask you is whether it is acceptable for the apache projects to do so, and what requirements are imposed on this redistribution. Specifically, would it be acceptable if the ASF were to create a centralized, publicly accessible repository of binary java libraries (so-called jars) from third parties, what requirements need to be satisfied in order for this repository to be acceptable, and what requirements need to be satisfied in order for any specific library to be acceptable for inclusion into this repository?
I would like to point at some existing libraries the ASF redistributes in one form or another:
http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/httpd-2.0/srclib/pcre/ -------------------------------------------------------- Apache HTTP server distributes the PCRE library, licensed under the PCRE License, in source and binary forms.
http://cvs.apache.org/~leosimons/jars-in-cvs/ --------------------------------------------- Various java-related projects distribute various jars. These are licensed under various terms; common ones including the IBM Public License and the BSD license. The above URL is a partial list of jars available through CVS. Many of these are also distributed as part of software releases available through http://www.apache.org/dist/.
I would also like to point at the recent discussions in january and february on this topic held on the [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected] mailing lists as well as on other mailing lists, for the context in which these questions arose.
thanks for your time and best regards,
- Leo Simons
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