> >To build log4net uses NAnt (http://nant.sf.net) which is GPL. > > As far as I am concerned, building log4net using Nant should > not trigger GPL's viral properties. However, such decisions > are usually made at a higher level.
NAnt does not impose any usage restrictions on apps built using it, so I don't foresee any issues there. > However, I am not > aware of Apache's position on the question. I suppose the > foundation has an opinion on the matter. The iBATIS project in the incubator is also a .NET framework project, it still seems to be publishing releases through sourceforge, which I'm not too sure about. FYI iBATIS for .NET uses log4net :) Also in the incubator is httpd-cli which is an Apache ASP.NET host for Microsoft .NET Framework. They are also working to support the Mono ASP.NET implementation. As far as I can see they are treating the .NET Framework (or at least the standardised CLI) similarly to Java. > >The release package includes project files for Microsoft > Visual Studio > >.NET, however this is not a dependency. > > Since you created the project files for MVS .Net, I reckon > they are copyrighted by Apache. Yes, so do I. However, as it is an auto-generated file it is not possible to insert an Apache license into the file. Nicko
