On Oct 26, 2007, at 8:50 PM, Thomas Bernhard wrote:
Well, until then it is most definitely a problem.
Well, I don't understand why Apache is so picky about this entire LGPL
thing, considering that in most cases such libraries will be only
used, not
changed.
We are an Apache project so we do follow the licensing policy of the
Foundation.
At the high level, the goal of this policy is rather simple - to only
distribute software that is compatible with a certain "BSD'ish" open
source license style. Why any given license is deemed compatible or
not is a separate story, and I'd rather avoid arguing about it here
(there is a legal-discuss list where that would be more appropriate).
And if even SUN (or others that use this library) don't care:here's
a quote from the AppFramework list:
They don't care because they own the code all the way and only they
can change the license. This is the difference between Sun and us in
this case.
I do regret that we can't use this framework until Java 7 (from the
first glance it seems nice), but well... we can't.
Andrus
