FYI Dan, I guess we should get in contact with Sergey and get him file either an ICLA or an SGA.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Benson Margulies <[email protected]> Date: Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:09 PM Subject: Re: Urgent help Needed with LGPL library used in Apache Isis - (was: Re: [jira] [Commented] (LEGAL-81) Is it ok/meaningful to have a dependency licensed as ASL just for Apache Software Foundation, but LGPL for anyone else?) To: [email protected] If it's entirely his, I believe that an iCLA or an SGA are equivalently effective, and at least one is required. On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Mohammad Nour El-Din <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all... > > Please help in what is explained below. > > Brief: > > 1- In Apache Isis [1], we are using an XmlHttpRequest library [2] > which is currently licensed under LGPL. > 2- The main developer of that library has sent us an e-mail [3] > saying that he agrees on dual licensing it under ASL v2.0. > > The question is: > > Is that enough, or we need him to file an SGA ? Provided that till > this moment he didn't update the library's web site to indicate that > dual licensing. > > Looking forward to your reply. > > [1] - http://incubator.apache.org/isis > [2] - http://code.google.com/p/xmlhttprequest/ > [3] - http://markmail.org/message/6j4jgckcct72ot3f > > On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Mohammad Nour El-Din > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi All... >> >> For the issue mentioned below, would it be OK and acceptable to use >> that library if the developer of [1] filed a SGA [2] with ASF ?. >> Looking forward to your reply. >> >> [1] - http://code.google.com/p/xmlhttprequest/ >> [2] - http://www.apache.org/licenses/#grants >> >> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Mohammad Nour (JIRA) <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> [ >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-81?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13036093#comment-13036093 >>> ] >>> >>> Mohammad Nour commented on LEGAL-81: >>> ------------------------------------ >>> >>> Now Sergey has sent us an e-mail confirming that he agrees on dual >>> licensing his code under both ASL v2.0 additionally to LGPL. Now the >>> question is: >>> >>> Is that enough ? Or we need to do a more formal action like make him sign >>> some paper work for example ? >>> >>> Notice that he didn't update his site [1] yet to reflect that information. >>> >>> [1] - http://code.google.com/p/xmlhttprequest/ >>> >>>> Is it ok/meaningful to have a dependency licensed as ASL just for Apache >>>> Software Foundation, but LGPL for anyone else? >>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> Key: LEGAL-81 >>>> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-81 >>>> Project: Legal Discuss >>>> Issue Type: Question >>>> Reporter: Dan Haywood >>>> >>>> We are in the process of setting up Apache Isis into the incubator (the >>>> code prior to Apache being called the Naked Objects Framework and sister >>>> projects). >>>> I've now realized that one of the modules has a small dependency on code >>>> that has an LGPL license (a small Javascript file) that would be part of >>>> the distribution. Since my understanding was that LGPL is not ASL 2 >>>> compatible, I contacted the developer about whether he might consider >>>> moving to ASL. His response was to grant permission as follows: >>>> -begin- >>>> Yes, I authorize "NO framework and your sister projects accepted [2] into >>>> the Apache incubator" to use my XMLHttpRequest.js library (available at >>>> the http://code.google.com/p/xmlhttprequest/ and currently licensed under >>>> LGPL) with the ASL license. >>>> [2] http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/IsisProposal. >>>> -end- >>>> So, my question is: is this sufficient for us? >>>> Many thanks, >>>> Dan Haywood >>> >>> -- >>> This message is automatically generated by JIRA. >>> For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks >> - Mohammad Nour >> Author of (WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.0 User Guide) >> http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247585.html >> - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mnour >> - Blog: http://tadabborat.blogspot.com >> ---- >> "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" >> - Albert Einstein >> >> "Writing clean code is what you must do in order to call yourself a >> professional. There is no reasonable excuse for doing anything less >> than your best." >> - Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship >> >> "Stay hungry, stay foolish." >> - Steve Jobs >> > > > > -- > Thanks > - Mohammad Nour > Author of (WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.0 User Guide) > http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247585.html > - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mnour > - Blog: http://tadabborat.blogspot.com > ---- > "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" > - Albert Einstein > > "Writing clean code is what you must do in order to call yourself a > professional. There is no reasonable excuse for doing anything less > than your best." > - Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship > > "Stay hungry, stay foolish." > - Steve Jobs > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] -- Thanks - Mohammad Nour Author of (WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.0 User Guide) http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247585.html - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mnour - Blog: http://tadabborat.blogspot.com ---- "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" - Albert Einstein "Writing clean code is what you must do in order to call yourself a professional. 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