Hi Dirk, Thanks for pointing this out...this license page clearly needs to be reviewed for accuracy with the latest releases.
Generally, we do not include GPL(2) libraries with Fedora due to license incompatibility. Most notably, McKoi is no longer included with Fedora -- we actually switched to Derby as the bundled pure java database option some time ago. I will get this corrected on the license page shortly. Fedora has been distributed under several open source licenses in the past, but we have finally settled on Apache 2 due to its widespread use (familiarity) and commercial friendliness. I don't anticipate this will change any time soon. Thanks, Chris On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 5:10 AM, Gorissen D. <dirk.goris...@soton.ac.uk> wrote: > Just a quick follow-up, > > Again, I am not a lawyer but from > http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html it seems that the FSF > considers Apache 2.0 and GPL 2 to be incompatible. Yet, for example, Mckoi > (which Fedora uses) is licensed under the GPL 2.0 > (http://www.mckoi.com/Mckoi%20SQL%20Database.html). The whole derivative > works issue is very murky and I dislike this licensing business as much as > the next coder but its just something I noticed. > > Cheers > Dirk > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gorissen D. [mailto:dirk.goris...@soton.ac.uk] > Sent: 21 September 2010 14:46 > To: fedora-commons-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: fedora-commons-develop...@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [fcrepo-dev] Fedora, 3rd party licences and commercial use > > Hello, > > I have been evaluating the use of Fedora-commons for our project (which may > eventually include a commercial angle). I am still very new to the Fedora > project, so bear with me :) > > When going through the license information on > http://www.fedora-commons.org/software/licenses I noticed that the list does > not seem fully up to date. For example the websites of apache-batik, > Jakarta-oro and apache-commons list the license as being Apache 2.0 vs Apache > 1.1. Similar for Jersey. Also, as an aside, some of these 3rd party > libraries seem to be no longer maintained (eg., Jakarta-oro) or superseded > (McKoi vs Derby? JMX?). Finally, the "more info" links return a 403 error. > > However, I did not check which versions are actually included in the latest > Fedora release but maybe it is worth checking if this page is still up to > date. I did not manually check everything, but the list of licences I get > are: > > Apache License 2.0, Apache License 1.1, LGPL 2.1, LGPL 2.0, MIT, public > domain, dual CDDL 1.0 and GPL 2 with CPE, BSD, CDDL 1.0, CPL 1.0, GPL 2.0, > OSL 3.0/Apache 2.0, MPL 1.0, Sun binary code > > I am still unsure what all this means from a compatibility/redistribution > standpoint, but then again I am not a lawyer. It seems there are some > commercial routes being explored with Fedora, I would be interested in any > success stories, tips, or experience. > > If any (major) changes are pending with regard to license policy that would > also be worth knowing (e.g., following the Duraspace initiative). > > Many thanks, > > Best regards, > > Dirk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Fedora-commons-users mailing list Fedora-commons-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fedora-commons-users
