On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 5:06 AM Toshihiro Suzuki <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you for your reply, Duo and Nick. > > I understood that we can't use libraries licensed under LGPL at least in > HBase. > Before considering whether I create a new project, I will try to ask the > Lanterna > author to change the license of the library to Apache License or MIT. > > The latter is worth a try. (These console tools all seem to do GPL or LGPL. Perhaps there is a GPL at the root of them that they can't avoid). Thanks, S > On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 11:57 AM Nick Dimiduk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My understanding of [0] is that various versions of LGPL are explicitly > > prohibited from use as a dependency in Apache Foundation projects. > > > > I’m not a lawyer. > > > > [0]: > > https://apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x > > > > On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 7:18 AM 张铎(Duo Zhang) <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > HBase itself can not depend on libraries which are licensed under > LGPL. A > > > possible way is to create a new project, which depend on both HBase and > > the > > > LGPL library? > > > > > > Toshihiro Suzuki <[email protected]> 于2019年5月23日周四 下午10:03写道： > > > > > > > Hi folks! > > > > > > > > I'm building htop in HBASE-11062 now and using Lanterna library to > > make a > > > > Unix top like user interface: > > > > https://github.com/mabe02/lanterna > > > > > > > > Lanterna is a Java library allowing you to write easy semi-graphical > > user > > > > interfaces in a text-only environment, very similar to the C library > > > > curses. > > > > > > > > However, I found Lanterna library is licensed under the LGPL. > > > > https://github.com/mabe02/lanterna/blob/master/License.txt > > > > > > > > According to the Apache website ( > > > > http://www.apache.org/legal/3party.html#criteriaandcategories), it > > looks > > > > like LGPL License in incompatible with Apache License, but I'm not > sure > > > if > > > > we should not use libraries licensed under LGPL. > > > > > > > > Could anyone advise me on it? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Toshi > > > > > > > > > >
