Thanks for help. I will bring this to legal-jira this weeks later.
Best Regards, YorkShen 申远 Myrle Krantz <my...@apache.org> 于2019年6月17日周一 下午8:07写道： > Thank you all, > > YorkShen, I think at this point the best thing to do is to open a "legal" > ticket at this Jira (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL). I > suspect that if you're only including the BSD-licensed headers, that Weex > will only be dependent on BSD-licensed code. It's possible that the > "runtime" argument will work in this case too. > > But this discussion hasn't made me feel confident in either statement, and > there are other Apache projects for which this question may be relevant. > I'd like a final answer and the legal committee can provide that. > > Let me know if you need help formulating the ticket. > > Best Regards, > Myrle > > On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 7:13 PM Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com.invalid> > wrote: > > > Some things I don't think have been mentioned in this thread so far: > > > > 1) Even if you make Webkit optional by offering V8, I believe the ASF > > criteria for "optional" includes "less than half of your users will use > > that option" and so if Webkit offers better performance and most of the > > users select Webkit over V8, it won't really qualify Webkit as optional. > > 2) AIUI, the ASF does not care about the licensing of RUNTIMES (my > > emphasis) your project's code runs on. Otherwise, no ASF project could > run > > on Windows or OSX. Apache Flex runs on Adobe Flash/AIR runtimes. > > 3) I could not quickly find a direct quote for this, but I believe the > ASF > > does not care about the licensing of BUILD TOOLS (emphasis mine) used to > > manipulate the source in the source release as long as the license of > those > > tools does not constrain usage of that code (like some non-commercial > > restriction, or even a "no evil" restriction. > > > > AIUI, the whole purpose of these restrictions is to not place > restrictions > > on modifications to source or use of source when that source is > eventually > > executed (whether interpreted or compiled or other). > > > > So, if I've made that clear so far, the question I have for Weex is: How > > is Webkit used in Weex? Is it just a runtime and libraries for that > > runtime? If so, then I believe it is ok to have a dependency on LGPL > > Webkit, but I would recommend that you find a way to not bundle Webkit in > > the release artifacts. Have it downloaded or make it a "prerequisite" > just > > like I think every ASF Java-based project says you must install a Java > JDK > > and don't bundle Java JDKs. > > > > Other questions to ask relative to whether Webkit is a runtime or build > > tool: > > > > A) Will anybody realistically want to modify the Webkit sources in order > > to use Weex? If no, that's great, and another reason to not bundle those > > header files with your sources. > > B) Will use of the WebKit header files and other binaries you depend on > > create a restriction on use? If no, that's great as well, and I think if > > the answer to A and B are both "no", the IPMC should consider Webkit to > be > > a runtime/build-tool dependency and let it go. > > > > HTH, > > -Alex > > > > > > On 6/14/19, 5:09 AM, "York Shen" <shenyua...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > It depends on the definition of optional dependency. Weex targets > iOS, > > Android and Browser environment and Webkit header files and shared > library > > are only bundled for Android environment. As for other environments, the > OS > > or browser itself has exposed enough API for Weex. > > > > PS: I am pretty sure that the iOS system itself uses almost the same > > code of Webkit as Weex does to build its WKWebView. It’s really strange > > that’s ok for Weex iOS and not ok for Weex Android. > > > > > 在 2019年6月14日，19:17，Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> 写道： > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > >> Well, what if Weex copies some BSD header files in Webkit then run > > on Webkit? IMHO, the Webkit is also an environment for Weex in this case. > > > > > > You still didi not answer if this is an optional dependancy? But > > again either way I suggest you ask on legal discuss. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Justin > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > >
