jlahoda commented on pull request #2215: URL: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/2215#issuecomment-649710852
First, just to make sure, I represent only myself personally here, and I am not a lawyer. So, I think Roy's argument is, that the license of the resulting executable is (can be) ALv2, in which case we are fine, because Category A rules apply. While it would be awesome to have an entry in "resolved", I am not sure it is strictly necessary. In fact, I believe we are already doing something similar - the Windows launchers link against the standard libraries, which are (AFAIK) GPLv3 with an exception. (I don't want to pretend I can quantify how similar the exception are or are not.) And I believe the recommendation back then was to mark the whole launcher as ALv2, and this is what was done. How to translate all this to NetBeans IDE as a whole modular application written in Java is (I think) the question now. And I do not have firm answers, but I assume this PR was meant to discuss aspects the PMC can discuss. OTOH, feel free to take it to the mailing list. The specific hint about PMC was: > The source of their work would still only be under GPL+CE and would have to be entirely separate from our products. How you would make sure of that is a PMC discussion. We can discuss that as well, but especially in case of JavaFX, I am not sure how the sources for JavaFX and NetBeans could be seen to not be entirely separate. What I like here is the use of the "nb" cluster. Unlike all other clusters, this one creates the application, that is Apache NetBeans IDE, and hence could be described as defining the "executable" (and it also physically includes the actual launcher/executable file). If that's a sufficient - not sure, but hope so. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
