Radar is correct. when we open sourced HAWQ, GPL/LGPL runtime/build dependencies have been considered.
Cheers Lei On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Radar Lei <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ed, > > Per my understanding, libgsasl is a build and runtime dependence of HAWQ, > but it's not included in HAWQ source code and HAWQ binary release tarball. > > If you check the HAWQ rpm dependences, you can see 'libgsasl' is listed in > 'hawq.spec', user need to install it before install HAWQ. > > So I think we don't need care if it's Apache License compatible and don't > need to include it in our license file. Thanks. > > > > Regards, > Radar > > On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 1:34 PM, Ed Espino <[email protected]> wrote: > > > HAWQ Dev, > > > > I have been filling out the project's Apache Project Maturity Model at > the > > following location: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/HAWQ/ > > Apache+Project+Maturity+Model > > > > In trying to gather information for the Licenses and Copyright section > > (specifically: LC20 and LC30), I started to review dependent third party > > components. I reviewed the project's LICENSE file ( > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-hawq/blob/master/LICENSE). In > > addition, > > I reviewed the build and install steps from the wiki. I noticed one > > component (libgsasl 1.8.0) which is listed but isn't listed in the > LICENSE > > file. This component is a build dependency of the libhdfs3 component ( > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-hawq/blob/master/ > > depends/libhdfs3/README.md). > > The component libhdfs3 will not build without the development > > libgsasl (header and libs) available. The component libgsasl is the GNU > > SASL Library (https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/). > > > > Here is it's licensing information: > > > > The core GNU SASL library, and most mechanisms, are licensed under the > GNU > > Lesser General Public version 2.1 (or later). It is distributed > separately, > > as the "libgsasl" package. The GNU SASL command line application, self > test > > suite and more are licensed under the GNU General Public License version > 3 > > (or later). The "gsasl" package distribution includes the library part as > > well, so you do not need to install two packages. > > > > To the best of my knowledge, this dependent component libgsasl is not > > compatible with Apache Software projects. Have there been any discussions > > in the past on its use in HAWQ? I couldn't find any in the mail > archives. I > > could be entirely wrong and this could be a false alarm. If anyone can > > provide some information, it would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Regards, > > -=e > > > > -- > > *Ed Espino* > > >
