I think BSD makes no problem
On 2/23/06, Sean Schofield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting idea. I think for the next few days we will have our > hands full with the commons refactor but I'm open to trying it out. > Not sure if the license matters since we are not actually distributing > the plugin. Maven is the one downloading it. > > Sean > > On 2/23/06, Jurgen Lust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now that we're using maven2 to build MyFaces, perhaps it's time to take > > advantage of some of the more interesting plugins, and specifically the > > PMD plugin: > > http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ > > > > The PMD plugin for maven2 offers 2 report types, a Cut&Paste Detector > > and a problem detector, with configurable rulesets. I've introduced this > > plugin at work about a month ago and I must say that it has definitely > > improved the code quality of our projects. Even very experienced Java > > developers can learn something from this auditing tool. > > > > Do you think it would be interesting to put this plugin in the MyFaces > > POM? We could start with a limited ruleset to not get overwhelmed in the > > beginning, and then gradually expand the list of rulesets. I'm willing > > to lead this auditing effort, and implement the changes suggested by PMD. > > > > Of course, I could just do this audit without the PMD maven plugin, but > > using the Eclipse PMD plugin as well, but then noone would see the > > progress we're making in that area :) One reason not to use this plugin > > might be the license of PMD (BSD license), does the license of the maven > > plugins matter for an Apache project? > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Jurgen > > > -- Matthias Wessendorf Zülpicher Wall 12, 239 50674 Köln http://www.wessendorf.net mwessendorf-at-gmail-dot-com
