Hi All, All projects have released new versions, so all what is left is to update our own dependencies and add some documentation in case you want to avoid a GPL library.
Thanks for all the support! Bolke Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPad > Op 25 mrt. 2018 om 10:54 heeft Bolke de Bruin <[email protected]> het > volgende geschreven: > > Hi, > > Thanks to all that upvoted the issue and PR. The PR was merged! The legal > issue is now moot and can be fully closed when this bubbles up into the > releases of python-slugify and python-nvd3. > > Cheers! > Bolke > >> On 23 Mar 2018, at 11:31, Bolke de Bruin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> What you might not know is that we have an outstanding issue with Legal*. >> Deep down our dependencies there is a GPL library called `unidecode`. >> Although we are not distributing this library in any form it will still be >> pulled in if you do an `pip install apache-airflow`. This makes some people >> uneasy. The author of unidecode and the dependency that pulls it in both >> argue that the usage is equal to using an API (i.e. glibc or kernel >> headers). Still some resistance is being felt from the larger Apache >> community. To be able to graduate from the incubator this issue certainly >> needs to be resolved. >> >> In order to overcome the issue I have created an issue** and PR*** for >> python-slugify that allows al alternative implementation of the unidecode >> api to be used. In this case text-unidecode which is dual licensed under the >> Perl Artistic and GPL. Perl Artistic is compatible with the APL 2. >> >> The author of python-slugify has been reluctant in the past to integrate >> this change. So I am calling upon the Airflow community to friendly “+1” the >> issue and PR in order to get this moving forward. Again I like this to be >> friendly, because we are happy users of said code, but I think with some >> extra love we might nudge the author to integrate the change. >> >> Thanks and if you have any other suggestions it is highly appreciated! >> >> * https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-362 >> ** Issue: https://github.com/un33k/python-slugify/issues/52 >> *** PR: https://github.com/un33k/python-slugify/pull/53 >> >> Bolke >
