On Sun, 2006-01-22 at 17:33 +1300, Simon Kitching wrote: > On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 19:44 +0100, Angelo zerr wrote: > > Hello, > > I created RTFTemplate project, RTF template engine (if you are interested, > > see http://rtftemplate.sourceforge.net/index.html) and I use LGPL license. > > But RTFTemplate use Jakarta Velocity library which is Apache license. Can I > > use LGPL license? Must I change license LGPL to Apache license? Can I use > > GPL license otherwise? > > Thank's for your response. > > The best place to ask this question is probably on the list > [email protected] > (you might want to check the archives first in case the answer is > already there). > > However I believe that it is ok to combine Apache software with GPL or > LGPL software (as long as the acknowledgement clause is followed). The > resulting combination can legally be distributed under the GPL (or LGPL) > licence. > > Of course the result *cannot* be distributed just under the Apache > license, which is why Apache projects cannot include GPL/LGPL code > directly. > > Note: I am not a lawyer. The legal-discuss list is the best place for a > professional opinion. There was some discussion a while ago about > creating a web-page with these sorts of questions answered, but I don't > think it exists yet...
By the way, the jboss project already does this: combines its own GPL software with Apache projects like Tomcat. Regards, Simon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
