The Apache comment got me reading (Hello from legal-disc...@apache :) ). I thought I'd mention that clause 3 doesn't seem like an advertising clause to me; just attribution. Including the text below in a LICENSE, NOTICE or a COPYING would seem to cover clause 3.
Hen On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Giovanni Mascellani <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. > > I searched with Google about this topic, but couldn't find anything that > made me sure enough. So I'm asking here now. > > I have an LGPL Java library (jgrapht) that uses some classes from > another library (touchgraph). > > jgrapht is LGPL-2.1+. touchgraph uses a modified form of the Apache 1.1 > license: > > --- CUT HERE --- > /* > * TouchGraph LLC. Apache-Style Software License > * > * > * Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Alexander Shapiro. All rights reserved. > * > * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without > * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions > * are met: > * > * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright > * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. > * > * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright > * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in > * the documentation and/or other materials provided with the > * distribution. > * > * 3. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution, > * if any, must include the following acknowledgment: > * "This product includes software developed by > * TouchGraph LLC (http://www.touchgraph.com/)." > * Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the software itself, > * if and wherever such third-party acknowledgments normally appear. > * > * 4. The names "TouchGraph" or "TouchGraph LLC" must not be used to > endorse > * or promote products derived from this software without prior written > * permission. For written permission, please contact > * [email protected] > * > * 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "TouchGraph", > * nor may "TouchGraph" appear in their name, without prior written > * permission of [email protected]. > * > * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED > * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES > * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE > * DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL TOUCHGRAPH OR ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE > * LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR > * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF > * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR > * BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, > * WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE > * OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, > * EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. > * ==================================================================== > * > */ > --- CUT HERE --- > > TTBOMK, since this license is GPL-incompatible because of the > advertising clause, it is also LGPL incompatible. Con you confirm that? > > Please, Cc: me when replying. > > Giovanni. > -- > Giovanni Mascellani <[email protected]> > Pisa, Italy > > Web: http://poisson.phc.unipi.it/~mascellani > Jabber: [email protected] / [email protected] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
