FYI: the two issues related to the Perl Artistic License have been resolved in both 2.0.0.0-incubating and master branches:
Remove ASF Category X incompatible JSON Perl Module (Artistic license) https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HAWQ-1062 Declare PL/Perl's ppport.h source file to be an Artistic License exception. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HAWQ-1065 On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 8:11 AM, Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 2:47 AM, Ed Espino <esp...@apache.org> wrote: > > I have been reviewing the licensing of ppport.h. It is generated header > > file from Devel::PPPort - Perl/Pollution/Portability ( > > http://search.cpan.org/~wolfsage/Devel-PPPort-3.32/PPPort.pm). The file > > came to us from the original PostgreSQL source code base. Interestingly, > > there is this note on the project page: > > > > How to use ppport.h > > > > Don't direct the users of your module to download Devel::PPPort. They are > > most probably no XS writers. Also, don't make ppport.h optional. Rather, > > just take the most recent copy of ppport.h that you can find (e.g. by > > generating it with the latest Devel::PPPort release from CPAN), copy it > > into your project, adjust your project to use it, and distribute the > header > > along with your module. > > > > > > Is it possible this file can be an exception under the following jira: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-79? > > > > I also noticed the Apache HTTP Request Library ( > > http://httpd.apache.org/apreq) project also ships with it's own ppport.h > > file generated in a similar way ( > > https://github.com/apache/apreq/blob/trunk/glue/perl/xsbuilder/ppport.h > ). > > > > @Roman or @Justin, can you provide some guidance on how to proceed with > > this file? > > See my suggestion above. On top of that, the podling needs to decide > whether > bundling Artistic/Perl code into its code base is so important that we > need to > spin ASF legal wheels in motion and ask for a formal classification of the > Artistic/Perl license. > > Thanks, > Roman. > -- *Ed Espino* *esp...@apache.org <esp...@apache.org>*
