I'm not on the incubator PMC, so this is just my personal understanding. I may be getting in over my head :)
On 11/9/05, Jules Gosnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > are you saying that these licensing constraints do not apply in the > incubator - that we just dump all our code in there, no matter what, > provided that licensing issues are resolved before promotion out of it ? Sorry, I was unclear. I don't think I'd recommend this, but it is possible as code in the incubator is covered by a disclaimer and no releases can be made until IP and licensing has been cleared. > please clarify 'depend on/include' - by this do you mean 'physically > package together with your binary distribution' or 'import at compile > time, into classes that are shipped in the binary distribution'. I think both of these constitute a derivative work falling under the GPL. As far as I know, the only way to combine with GPL applications is by executing them in a separate process. > > > LGPL may be > >possible, but only if optional and not distributed with the > >application. > > > so it is OK to 'import' LGPL code at compile time, as long as you don't > ship it ? > > > There is ongoing discussion around this. > > > > > so it may not actually be OK :-) ? right. http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-legal-discuss/200508.mbox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > thanks for helping with this. No problem. I think it would be best to ask these questions of [EMAIL PROTECTED] and legal-discuss when it comes to specifics. Cheers, - Brett
