Re: [Fwd: Maven as a top-level apache project]

[Martin Poeschl]

Steve Downey wrote:

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Subject: Re: [Fwd: Maven as a top-level apache project]

BTW, given the license discussions it seems unlikely a solution that
includes all the jars in the same place will work. So the "repository"
will be not only a storage for jars, but a set of tools to deal with
downloading from different locations with different methods ( and mirror
lists, etc ). Again - I think this part can only be apache-wide.

Sure, but let's not lose focus of what this is for. Distribution?
Building? A company/individual can set up their own repository of jars (we
all do) that they've accepted licenses for. The 'tools' should be able to
work with that set up, similar to how Maven does today.

One thing that has annoyed me is that Maven will download jars from the
ibiblio repository with no regard to the license of them. It's an easy way
for jars to come into a build without formal review and acceptance of the
license. My company's policy is to use only BSD, ASF, or similar licenses.
No GPL. And based on recent discussions here, we may prohibit LGPL. We do
also use commercially licensed software, and review carefully the
redistribution clauses. It's particularly troubling that the jars show up
without supporting documentation.

why don't you setup your own private repository where you can control which jars are stored there ... you don't need to use the ibiblio repo

martin



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