Craig wrote: > So as long as your installer makes it clear to the user that the > external bits are not Apache-licensed, I read the policy as allowing > the CouchDb installer to fetch and install them and thereby > make them available to the CouchDb user. Thanks for the pointer . This makes sense... and that is the intent exactly.
-- Cheers Philippe philippe ombredanne | 1 650 799 0949 | pombredanne at nexb.com nexB - Open by Design (tm) - http://www.nexb.com http://easyeclipse.org - http://phpeclipse.net - http://eclipse.org/atf - http://eclipse.org/vep - http://labs.jboss.org/drools/ - http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XULRunner > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 8:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Installers for couchdb > > > > On Jul 9, 2008, at 9:37 AM, Philippe Ombredanne wrote: > > > Howdy: > > I am working on couchdb installers that I would like to contribute > > back to > > the project: > > A fully functional CouchDb install has a few external dependencies > > such as: > > - ICU (ICU License a BSD/MIT style license) > > - Mozilla SpiderMonkey (MPL, GPL or LGPL) > > - Erlang (ERLANG PUBLIC LICENSE) > > - Openssl (OpenSSL license, a BSD style license) > > > > My understanding is that it would not be acceptable IP-clearance > > wise to > > have all (though some may be) those bits shipped as part of all- > > inclusive > > installers. > > That's my understanding of the current consensus as well. > > > > > > My request: > > Would it be acceptable to create installers that would fetch at > > install time > > the required external bits from their original download locations? > > Those fetch operations would be clearly presented as external fetch > > operationsto the users. > > I think the current operative policy is from > http://www.apache.org/legal/3party.html > : > . For add-ons under excluded licenses, the PMC may > provide a link/ > reference on the product web site or within product documentation to > some other web site that hosts such add-ons (e.g. a SF.net > project or > some third-party site dedicated to distributing add-ons for > the Apache > product) as long as it is made clear to users that the host site is > not part of the Apache product nor endorsed by the ASF. > . For add-ons under excluded licenses, the PMC may > include a feature > within the product that allows the user to obtain third-party > add-ons > if the feature also alerts the user of the associated license and > makes clear to users that the host site is not part of the Apache > product nor endorsed by the ASF. > > So as long as your installer makes it clear to the user that the > external bits are not Apache-licensed, I read the policy as allowing > the CouchDb installer to fetch and install them and thereby > make them > available to the CouchDb user. > > Craig > > > > Cordially > > > > > > -- > > Cheers > > Philippe > > > > philippe ombredanne | 1 650 799 0949 | pombredanne at nexb.com > > nexB - Open by Design (tm) - http://www.nexb.com > > http://easyeclipse.org - http://phpeclipse.net - > http://eclipse.org/atf > > - > > http://eclipse.org/vep - http://labs.jboss.org/drools/ - > > http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XULRunner > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Craig L Russell > Architect, Sun Java Enterprise System http://java.sun.com/products/jdo > 408 276-5638 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp! > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
