On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 2:29 AM, Stefan <luke1...@posteo.de> wrote: > Hi, > > Hi, > > > > I'm working on a hobby application & I'd to use WebDAV. > > > > I've read Lisa Dusseault's WebDAV book and this pointed me in the > direction of Neon, which in turn pointed me in the direction of SVN which > pointed me to Serf. > > > > I'd like to be able to use a fully-featured WebDAV client side and > possibly server side library. > > > > Neon was my initial choice, but since my app uses Apache/MIT licensed > libraries, I was concerned that the LGPL license of Neon would rule that > out, but then I noticed that SVN was using an Apache License but was using > Neon, although use of Neon was then depreciated in favour of Serf. > > > > Some questions: > > > > How was SVN able to use the Neon library without running into license > issues? > > Well, SVN is distributed as a source distribution and doesn't include the > Neon dependency. Therefore in case of SVN it's nothing which would violate > the LPGL. > When it comes to using Neon in your own app you just have to comply with > the LPGL license (for instance you'll have to provide means for others to > use ur app with a different/customized version of Neon - see the license > for details). > Under which license you distribute ur app is then a separate question. You > just have to make sure you comply to all the licenses 3rd party software > you are using in ur app is licensed with. > > The other part of ur question I guess is better answered by s/o else. >
I responded to John's message over on dev@serf.apache.org, as he'd sent a similar query to the serf devs. Thanks, -g
