Hi Glen, No, I have been careful to include only EPL/APL dependencies because my ultimate goal was to have EIK at Eclipse or Apache (or in a similar location).
Stephen On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Glen Mazza <[email protected]> wrote: > While I understand you'll be switching the EIK license to Apache, are there > any EIK dependencies that are GPL/LGPL or similar that would prevent > incorporation into Karaf? > > Glen > > On 08/31/2011 08:50 AM, Jean-Baptiste Onofré wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I discussed since few days with Stephen Evanchik, the author of EIK. >> >> EIK is currently an Eclipse lab project. >> EIK (Eclipse Integration for Karaf) is the integration of the Apache >> Karaf application platform and the Eclipse IDE. >> >> Notable features include: >> >> * An Eclipse Run/Debug launcher configuration that configures Karaf >> to run inside the workbench transparently to the developer >> * Automatic deployment of workspace plugin projects to running >> Karaf instances without copying files >> * A Target Platform Definition that allows developers to target >> only the bundles found in Karaf distributions >> * A Target Platform Provisioner that automatically constructs a >> target platform from any Karaf distribution on the user's local disk >> * JMX instrumentation of the Running/Debugging Karaf instance. >> * Eclipse views that display the Bundle and Service status of Karaf >> instances >> >> Experimental features: >> >> Web Tools Platform integration including: >> * Karaf server runtime with associated classpath maintenance >> * Karaf runtime locator that scans local disks for compatible >> Karaf distributions >> >> Stephen and I would like to propose EIK as a new Karaf sub-project. >> >> We're going to change the current license to use an Apache 2.0 license >> (I will take care of the IP-clearance), update the code base with the >> correct header files, etc. >> As for the others Karaf sub-project, EIK will use a SVN location like >> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/karaf/eik (and an associated git repo). >> I will take care of others resources (Jira, Jenkins, Sonar, etc, etc :)). >> >> EIK could be a good platform for both Karaf development, but also to >> construct some tool on top of that (I can image some deployment or >> advanced monitoring "studios" powered by Eclipse/EIK, etc). >> >> This thread is not a vote, just a discussion thread. I would like to >> have your view about EIK before starting a formal vote. >> >> Thanks >> Regards >> JB > > > -- > Glen Mazza > Talend - http://www.talend.com/ai > Blog - http://www.jroller.com/gmazza > Twitter - glenmazza > > > -- Stephen Evanchik http://stephen.evanchik.com
