Hi, Are we using the artifacts from lib folder ? If yes, then, it's OK (BSD license is accepted from Apache standpoint).
If we use resources from other folders (like program, ettc), then, we can't as it's under GPL license which is Cat X from Apache standpoint: https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html Regards JB On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 4:46 AM hulk <[email protected]> wrote: > > As proposed at https://github.com/apache/incubator-kvrocks/issues/601 > lz4 can bring a better compression ratio and performance in many scenarios > and rocksdb > also supported it as a compression library. > > But the LICENSE <https://github.com/lz4/lz4/blob/dev/LICENSE> of lz4 was a > bit confused, coz it said that: > > *- all files in the `lib` directory use a BSD 2-Clause license* > *- all other files use a GPL v2 license unless explicitly stated otherwise* > > and some files like CMakeLists.txt > <https://github.com/lz4/lz4/blob/dev/build/cmake/CMakeLists.txt> stated > another license: zero 1.0. > > On the other hand, apache GPL Compatibility > <https://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html> stated that we > can't include the GPL v3 projects > and I'm NOT sure about whether we can include GPL v2 projects or not? > > -- > Best Regards, > - *Hulk Lin*
