I also don't think WebStart can help us here. I'd like to add a comment here. Considerations like this are currently running hot within the ASF. We need to divide two problems: 1. The ASF is restricted in what it can distribute. There's a policy forming. I hope all FOP committers are subscribed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. Our users who download FOP expect FOP to be available under the Apache license (v1 or v2). If we include non-Apache licensed works or if we download such works from other places (for example using Maven) the user also has to comply with the licenses under which the other works are distributed. The user needs to be made aware of that. So it may not be done with simply downloading files from other locations. AFAICT people will start (or already have started) to discuss this problem is it is not only FOP's problem.
I hope the above is understandable. I'm not sure I've understood everything myself. Just summing up what I read on community@ and [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 19.03.2004 03:15:32 Peter B. West wrote: > Let's say, for example, that we approach a TeX distribution with a > request that we be allowed to download the TeX hyphenation files, as > modified for use with Fop. If they are OK with that, we generate a jar > file with the hyphenation files, including the original copyright (and > possibly notes about the conversion being done under the auspices of > Apache) and drop it on the CTAN servers. Alternatively, we simply jar > up the original TeX files, and include a conversion process in the > installation. > > The files are not coming from an Apache server, and they do not carry > the Apache license (except for perhaps a "Parts copyright..." notice). > It is a convenience to our users that we download such files > transparently from another source on installation. Jeremias Maerki
