Hi Hugh, with the premise that I'm not a lawyer, I cannot think of a reason why you could not redistribute GeoTools binaries in a shaded jar.
The LGPL does not require visibility of the project, or advertisement that it's even being used (it's just a nice to have), what is mandated, is that if you redistribute the binary, then you make the sources available as well (just point to the github tag for the version you're distributing), and if you make any change to the GeoTools sources, then the modified sources also need to be made available, and they are still covered by the LGPL. Cheers Andrea On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 7:54 AM Hugh Saalmans <hugh.saalm...@iag.com.au> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I’d like to check there’s no issue from the OSGeo side making a set of > shaded JARs with GeoTools embedded publicly available? I don’t know enough > about the LGPL license to know what the impact is of combining Apache and > LGPL licensed software into a set of binaries. > > > > The Apache Software Foundation allow this from their end, but won’t allow > the binaries to be part of an ASF project’s official website or repo for > the reasons below. > > > > *Background* > > > > Apache Sedona v1.0.0 (formerly GeoSpark) was released over the weekend, > giving Apache Spark users access to “Spark native” geospatial functions and > types. As some of you would know – it uses GeoTools under the hood. > > > > However, due to the Apache Software Foundation’s rule that LGPL licensed > software can’t be included in official releases; the Sedona team can’t > publish binaries that include GeoTools – knocking out a big chunk of Sedona > functionality in the official binaries. > > > > To get full functionality – there’s a fair amount of complexity to install > Sedona with Spark as it would require an end user to do a Maven build. I’m > concerned that Pyspark users, with limited Java/Scala experience, will > avoid Sedona for this reason. > > > > Hence, I’d like to host Apache Sedona shaded JARs with GeoTools embedded; > in either AWS S3 or my employer’s public GitHub repo. …or is there a better > place for them? > > > > Cheers, > > Hugh > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > The information transmitted in this message and its attachments (if any) > is intended > only for the person or entity to which it is addressed. > The message may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any > review, > retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in > reliance > upon this information, by persons or entities other than the intended > recipient is > prohibited. > > If you have received this in error, please contact the sender and delete > this e-mail > and associated material from any computer. > > The intended recipient of this e-mail may only use, reproduce, disclose or > distribute > the information contained in this e-mail and any attached files, with the > permission > of the sender. > > This message has been scanned for viruses. > _____________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > GeoTools-GT2-Users mailing list > GeoTools-GT2-Users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users > -- Regards, Andrea Aime == GeoServer Professional Services from the experts! Visit http://goo.gl/it488V for more information. == Ing. Andrea Aime @geowolf Technical Lead GeoSolutions S.A.S. Via di Montramito 3/A 55054 Massarosa (LU) phone: +39 0584 962313 fax: +39 0584 1660272 mob: +39 339 8844549 http://www.geo-solutions.it http://twitter.com/geosolutions_it ------------------------------------------------------- *Con riferimento alla normativa sul trattamento dei dati personali (Reg. UE 2016/679 - Regolamento generale sulla protezione dei dati “GDPR”), si precisa che ogni circostanza inerente alla presente email (il suo contenuto, gli eventuali allegati, etc.) è un dato la cui conoscenza è riservata al/i solo/i destinatario/i indicati dallo scrivente. Se il messaggio Le è giunto per errore, è tenuta/o a cancellarlo, ogni altra operazione è illecita. Le sarei comunque grato se potesse darmene notizia. This email is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. We remind that - as provided by European Regulation 2016/679 “GDPR” - copying, dissemination or use of this e-mail or the information herein by anyone other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify us immediately by telephone or e-mail.*
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