On 17 Oct 2004, at 21:17, Ugo Cei wrote:
Il giorno 17/ott/04, alle 15:45, Pier Fumagalli ha scritto:
The code can't be licensed using the Apache License 2.0. It's LGPL as it "implements" certain LGPL Hibernate classes. That's the whole reason why we can't post it here...
Do your classes really implement Hibernate interfaces or extend Hibernate classes? Or do they just import them?
Implements... Otherwise I would have said "imports"...
No one has ever demonstrated that doing an "import" on classes that are under the LGPL obliges you to license your code under the (L)GPL.
As far as I can remember RMS mentioned something about it, and that's why JBoss had to actually explicitly change the LGPL in some parts...
It even goes against the publicly stated intentions of the Hibernate developers. I'd use the Apache license without fear in this case (as a matter of fact, I do).
And as an ASF member, if what you written is (C) Apache Software Foundation, I'd not be sleeping quiet nights...
Pier
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