Marcel Offermans wrote:
From memory, the service binder is currently the only one still using
kXML 1.x (which has this "problematic" license). Several other bundles
have already been migrated to kXML 2.x (which has a different license).
I have no experience with either version of the library, so I don't know
if it is easy to migrate from 1.x to 2.x but I do believe that is the
way to go. Perhaps Humberto or Richard can have a look at this (or
somebody else with kXML experience)?
One option is to just nuke the Service Binder out of the repo. We
ported it to the org.apache.felix namespace since we were using it on
the Directory project, but the DS impl came along and from a cursory
read, an ApacheDS port to DS will be trivial. I don't believe DS has
the kXML 1.x dep.
I'm sure John Conlon and I could port the ApacheDS bundles to DS in no
time ... that is if I can keep John from porting everything to iPOJO!
Enrique
On Jul 10, 2006, at 23:49 , Upayavira wrote:
I am concerned about the license for KXML, which I believe we use.
From my uneducated reading of the below clause [1] (which is taken from
Enhydra 1.0, I can't yet find a copy of 1.1), we cannot use KXML, as it
places a requirement upon us that we offer modifications public and
notifying the originator. This is a requirement on top of those in the
ASL and is therefore not compatible.
So, how do we deal with this? How possible is it to replace KXML with
something else, assuming my interpretation is correct?
Regards, Upayavira
[1]
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