I have some licensing questions related to GeoServer since it is licensed
as GPL. GeoServer is a Java servlet. As such, it runs inside of a servlet
container, such as Apache Tomcat. Apache Tomcat is release under Apache
license which states GPLv3 software cannot be included in Apache projects.
http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html
I was interested in introducing GeoServer into one of my product lines as
an additional feature; however, the GPL license limits me from doing so.
Furthermore, the suggested Apache Tomcat servlet container by the GeoServer
community forbids this as well due to the GPL license. I see there have
been some exceptions made for Eclipse. Am I missing something here?
I was going to include the GeoServer source code and licensing. My product
would not need to be linked to or combined with GeoServer; however, I would
prefer to distribute it with Apache Tomcat server. Please assist me if I am
mistaken in some way.
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