We can discuss this at the next group meeting; can you open a ticket with details of what is required? The project also welcomes pull-requests if you are in position to identify the files and propose the change.
We have also had requests to relicense to apache 2.0; as that meets our original goal of a permissive license. -- Jody Garnett On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 3:27 AM Christian Raack <ra...@atesio.de> wrote: > Dear GeoTools-Team, > > Is it possible to relicense files packaged with geotools that are limited > to LGPLv2.1 > in such a way that they can be used under LGPLv2.1 or later? > > Background: > > We would like to use geotools by default for our software product, the > atesio-fttx-optimizer > which is a backend optimization platform in the area of planning FTTx > (fiber to the x) > telecommunication networks. We would link it as a java library without > changes to the code. > > Your website states that you are using the LGPL license. > Many of the provided files (if a license is explicitly stated in the file) > are in fact under LGPLv2.1. > > More precisely, in some cases you restrict to LGPLv2.1 only as in > > org.geotools.data.AllQuery.java (LGPLv2.1-only) > > In other cases you allow the use with LGPLv2.1 or any later version > > org.opengis.filter.capability.FilterCapabilities.java > (LGPLv2.1-or-later) > > In addition, we partially find third party code with licenses such as > - LGPL 3.0 > - Apache-2.0 > - Public Domain > - WTFPL > - MIT > - BSD-3-Clause > > where you add LGPLv2.1-only to the original license, see for instance > > org.geotools.xml.impl.DatatypeConverterImpl.java: > > /* > * GeoTools - The Open Source Java GIS Toolkit > * http://geotools.org > * > * (C) 2019, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) > * > * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or > * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public > * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; > * version 2.1 of the License. > * > * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, > * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU > * Lesser General Public License for more details. > */ > /* > * Copyright 2003-2016 The Apache Software Foundation > * > * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); > * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. > * You may obtain a copy of the License at > * > * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 > * > * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software > * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, > * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or > implied. > * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and > * limitations under the License. > * > */ > > > This however is not consistent, as Apache 2.0 is not compatible with > LGPLv2.1-only, > see for instance https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html.en#apache2 > . > Notice that in such a case there is no problem when using > LGPLv2.1-or-later instead > ("version 2.1 of the License, OR **(at your option) any later version**") > because > there are later versions of the LGPL that are compatible with Apache 2.0. > > To avoid any license issues it would be a solution that those files which > are licensed > under "LGPL-2.1-only" are relicensed > > ** under LGPLv2.1 or later **. > > This would ensure compatibility with Apache 2.0 as well as the alternative > licenses above. > > Could you relicense the respective files under "LGPLv2.1-or-later" or > would you give us individually > the respective permission? > > > Yours sincerely, > Christian Raack > > > -- > Dr. Christian Raack > > fon +49 (30) 609882232 > fax +49 (30) 609882299 > > atesio GmbH > Bundesallee 89 > D-12161 Berlin > Germany > > -- > > > _______________________________________________ > GeoTools-GT2-Users mailing list > GeoTools-GT2-Users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users >
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