> > If there are binary files or libraries that are generated for the > installer,
then we must generate them as part of our build process. This is exactly what we are going to do. Best Regards, Igor On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 7:01 PM, Dmitriy Setrakyan <dsetrak...@apache.org> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 7:07 AM, Igor Sapego <isap...@gridgain.com> wrote: > > > 1. This tool is licensed under Microsoft Reciprocal License (MS-RL). > > The license requires that fixes and improvements to the WiX toolset must > be > > published using the same license. > > > > This is OK, since we are not going to be changing the tool. Let's make sure > that we do not store the tool itself in our GIT repository. > > > > 2. We store XML in our sources (written by us) which is used to > > generate binaries - installers. It was planned to distribute them in > binary > > distribution. These binaries are not considered as a derived work as > stated > > here - [1], so it seems that it's OK to distribute them. > > > This gets a bit delicate. Given that the installer packages are not > considered a derivative work, we can license them under Apache. However, we > can not store binary files in our repository. If there are binary files or > libraries that are generated for the installer, then we must generate them > as part of our build process. Makes sense? > > > > Here is the quote: > > > > OuterCurve Foundation (and the .NET Foundation) does not view the > installer > > > packages > > > generated by WiX as falling within the definition of a derivative work, > > > merely because > > > they are produced using WiX. Thus, the installer packages generated by > > WiX > > > will normally > > > fall outside the scope of the MS-RL, and any of your source code, > > > binaries, libraries, routines > > > or other software components that are incorporated in installer > packages > > > generated by WiX > > > can be governed by other licensing terms. > > > > > > [1] - http://wixtoolset.org/about/license/ > > > > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > Igor > > > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 3:18 PM, Dmitriy Setrakyan < > dsetrak...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > 1. Do you know the license of WixToolset? > > > 2. Keep in mind, that Apache source code cannot store any binary files > in > > > it. Do we generate any binaries with this tool, or only XML? > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 3:47 AM, Igor Sapego <isap...@gridgain.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Dmitriy, > > > > > > > > I don't think there is a problem, I just wanted to be sure as I don't > > > have > > > > a lot of experience with licensing. > > > > > > > > To me it looks like everything is fine. > > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Igor > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 10:09 PM, Dmitriy Setrakyan < > > > dsetrak...@apache.org > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Igor, > > > > > > > > > > In my understanding, it is OK to use any tool, as long as it does > not > > > get > > > > > into Ignite source or binary distributions. Everything in the > source > > > code > > > > > should either be licensed under Apache license or have a friendly > > > > license. > > > > > > > > > > Given the above, can you please clarify whether using this tool is > a > > > > > problem? > > > > > > > > > > D. > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Igor Sapego < > isap...@gridgain.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hello Igniters, > > > > > > > > > > > > Recently I've been working on .msi installer for the ODBC driver > > [1]. > > > > > > > > > > > > I've decided to use WiX toolset [2] for this task. However, I'm > not > > > > > > quite sure if it's OK from the legal standpoint to use this tool > > for > > > > the > > > > > > Apache > > > > > > product. > > > > > > > > > > > > What we are going to distribute is two XML files with > configuration > > > and > > > > > > two installers in binary packages. > > > > > > > > > > > > Can someone from community who is more familiar with the > licensing > > > > take a > > > > > > look? > > > > > > I believe, WiX license information can be found here [3]. > > > > > > > > > > > > [1] - https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IGNITE-3873 > > > > > > [2] - http://wixtoolset.org > > > > > > [3] - http://wixtoolset.org/about/license > > > > > > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > Igor > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
