Hello Rob, Thanks a lot! I just posted the question on legal-discuss@.
yours, junyue On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Rob Vesse <[email protected]> wrote: > Note that Apache projects are allowed to rely on LGPL libraries provided > they are optional dependencies > > http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#optional > > So if most users won't want/need RDF/HT (which I strongly suspect is the > case) then it would be perfectly fine to have the RDF/HT parser module > rely on the Java HDT library provided that Marmotta users have to manually > opt-in to enabling RDF/HT support and it isn't included by default > > Btw the "don't look at it" argument has always seemed dumb to me since > when you get down to it there are only so many ways to do things > particularly when you are implementing a formal specification like this. > This is especially true in the case of binary formats where the low level > code is always going to boil down to something along the lines of "try to > read next N bytes, interpret those bytes appropriately" so the only real > differences will be in the higher level APIs you wrap over it > > However I would suggest posting a thread on legal-discuss@ to get > clarification for people better versed in the legal issues involved > > Rob > > On 12/06/2015 08:46, "Sergio Fernández" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Andreas Kuckartz <[email protected]> > >wrote: > >> > >> Is that statement ("don't look at it") about LGPL-licensed source-code > >> (which implements a specification) a result of advise from the Apache > >> legal team or stated anywhere on the apache.org website ? > >> > > > >No, a personal statement. FMPOV inspiring (looking to) GPL code could be > >considered a derived work. Therefore affected by the copyleft clauses of > >the license. > > > >But if you think I could be wrong, we can involve ASF Legal for a proper > >checking. > > > >Thanks for your feedback. > > > >Cheers, > > > >-- > >Sergio Fernández > >Partner Technology Manager > >Redlink GmbH > >m: +43 6602747925 > >e: [email protected] > >w: http://redlink.co > > > > >
