I didn't suggest that we would bundle this with Apache MetaModel at all. Rather I imagine we'll simply make a separate project on GitHub or so, called "MetaModel extras" which can contain these LGPL modules. They are entirely working as add-ons anyway, so there is a clean one-way dependency.
2013/12/7 Noah Slater <[email protected]> > 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 >
