Thanks! This thread is relevant:
http://markmail.org/search/?q=list%3Aorg.apache.legal-discuss+LGPL+binary#query:list%3Aorg.apache.legal-discuss%20LGPL%20binary+page:5+mid:ye6sju2gbzt25dnp+state:results And so is this: http://www.apache.org/legal/3party.html#options My take is: We can write against LGPL libraries, and require the user to install those libraries themselves, as long as those bits of the product are entirely optional. We cannot bundle LGPL libraries in a binary package unless we request an exemption. On 7 December 2013 13:25, Matt Franklin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We can publish binary packages that include LGPL components, as long >> as we communicate this very precisely. >> >> We can't include LGPL in a source release, but we might be able to >> host a Git repository on ASF infra that includes LGPL source. As long >> as we do not make any source releases from it. But I am not sure on >> this point. A quick note to legal-discuss@ would clear this up. If >> it's not a good idea, then yes, a Github repository would work. >> > > AIUI, this is not a valid option. I believe the recommended option is to > host these externally and manage them outside of the Apache community. I > suggest reviewing the legal-discuss@ list archives and > general@incubatorarchives, as this is not the first time this issue > has arisen. > > http://markmail.org/search/?q=list%3Aorg.apache.incubator.general+LGPL > http://markmail.org/search/?q=list%3Aorg.apache.legal-discuss+LGPL > > >> On 22 November 2013 11:52, Kasper Sørensen >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > At Human Inference (and in the old eobjects.org community of MetaModel) >> we >> > have a number of small projects/modules that provide the capability of >> > Apache MetaModel to connect to these additional datastore types: >> > >> > * SAS datasets (.sas7bdat files) >> > * dBase databases (.dbf files) >> > * MS Access databases >> > >> > For various reasons, these modules could not be Apache licensed, so they >> > have to live on somewhere else with the LGPL license. Right now they're >> > individually available at different SVN locations etc. etc... I would >> like >> > to see if we can clean that up a bit and make a package available with a >> > name like "MetaModel extras". >> > >> > Obviously without any commitment from the Apache community, I wanted to >> ask >> > if anyone had any preference as to where and how we publish these >> modules. >> > I am thinking we might do something like putting them on GitHub, and for >> > now still use package name and Maven group id like "org.eobjects....". >> > >> > Kind regards, >> > Kasper >> >> >> >> -- >> Noah Slater >> https://twitter.com/nslater >> -- Noah Slater https://twitter.com/nslater
