+1 having the resource downloaded separately Regards, James Masanz
> -----Original Message----- > From: ctakes-dev-return-179- > [email protected] [mailto:ctakes-dev-return- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Chen, > Pei > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: podling release managment > > I was thinking the same; > Perhaps we could leave the source code as is (validation check, etc.), but > have the resource be downloaded separately by Maven or other tool to be > compliant with ASF? > Of course, if we change this mechanism, we'll also have to inform the NLM. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jörn Kottmann [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 12:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: podling release managment > > On 07/26/2012 06:17 PM, Chen, Pei wrote: > > 1) Bundle the customized UMLS dictionaries that were designed to work > > with cTAKES as a resource. Have code to perform a License validation > > check via their web service upon init time. [There is a known caveat > > that users could bypass this check by modifying the open source code > > or attempting to use the special in-memory db resource files > > directly.] > > Bundling (or distributing from Apache) can only be done if the UMLS > dictionaries are under AL 2.0 or similar terms. > The License validation check makes it sound like its really not licensed under > an OS license or something which comes close. > > Jörn
