Thanks YorkShen, This is an answer I can live with. Let's see if legal can live with it too. I've pinged the ticket you made. Let me see if I can get it unblocked.
Best, Myrle On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 9:30 AM 申远 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The source I'm referring to says otherwise[1], but you may have a better > > source. > > After carefully review License File in Webkit source code [1], I didn't > find any fact could support the idea that JavaScriptCore is under LGPL as > there is no standalone LICENSE file for JavaScriptCore. *So I think that > JavaScriptCore is also under dual-license as Webkit does.* > > This would still be OK if, at runtime, another implementation could be used > > in place of this LGPL component. > > There is another implementation for JavaScript interpretator called V8 , > which is under BSD License [2]. But users must write some extra code to > switch to V8 as the header files between V8 and JavaScriptCore are not > compatible. I'm not sure whether we could call it runtime replaceable. > > [1] > > https://svn.webkit.org/repository/webkit/releases/WebKitGTK/webkit-2.17.4/Source/JavaScriptCore/ > [2] https://chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8.git/+/master/LICENSE > > Best Regards, > YorkShen > > 申远 > > > Myrle Krantz <[email protected]> 于2019年7月19日周五 下午7:57写道： > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 5:22 AM York Shen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Just some further information about what @ddy199726 said. > > > > > > The relationship between weex and JavaScriptCore is similar to the > > > relationship between any Java Project and JDK. > > > > > > If one want to run a Java program, he/she must have a JDK/JRE to > > interpret > > > Java byte code. > > > If one want to run a Weex program, he/she must have a JavaScript > > > interpretator to interpret JavaScript. Here we choose JavaScriptCore. > > > > > > > If it is the case that this can be done with any JavaScript interpreter, > > then you are working within the Apache licensing policies. You're doing > > great. Thank you for answering my questions. > > > > It is a real pleasure working with you York Shen and ddy! > > Myrle > > >
