libs.swingx in Apache NetBeans contains no source code, so Apache is fine with it -- Apache only focuses on releasing source code.
Gj On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 10:00 PM, Matthias Bläsing < mblaes...@doppel-helix.eu> wrote: > Hello, > > one of the dependencies of netbeans is SwingX (libs.swingx). One of the > modules that currently depend on it is db.dataview. > > SwingX is LGPL licensed and so falls into the "Category X" list: > > https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x > > and so can't be included in an Apache project. Thus libs.swingx needed > to be removed as a whole. > > While having a first look at this, I noticed this in the swingx > license: > > Copyright (c) 2005-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, > Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A. All rights reserved. Use is > subject to license terms below. Sun, Sun Microsystems and the Sun logo > are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in > the U.S. and other countries. > > So this is directed at Oracle: > > Is relicensing/dual-licensing/donating SwingX an option? > > Thank you > > Matthias >
