Ralph Goers wrote:
While Geronimo can use the SLF4J api, due to its licensing Logback can
only be an optional component for any Apache project. So you can expect
that the default implementation used would be log4j.
Hello Ralph,
You are right. At present time the ASF considers LGPL to be in category C
(excluded licenses).
However, I think one could argue that as long as some Apache software, say
Geronimo, uses logback-classic via SLF4J, without ever linking against
logback-classic, LGPL restrictions on distribution do not apply.
I hope to eventually present this argument to le...@apache.
A similar argument may apply to Tomcat embedding logback-access. Logback-access
is deployed in Tomcat as a Valve (a Tomcat structure). Tomcat does not link with
logback-access. In a similar vein, logback-access implements the Jetty
RequestLog interface. Jetty does not link with logback-access.
Cheers,
Ralph
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