On 7/7/15, 2:05 PM, "Robert Collins" <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 4 July 2015 at 06:53, Steven Dake (stdake) <[email protected]> wrote: >> Kolla Devs as well as the Technical Committee, >> >> I wanted to get the TC¹s thoughts on this plan of action as we intend to >> apply for big tent once our Ansible code has completed implementation. >>If >> the approach outlined in this email seems like a blocker and we should >>just >> start with #4 instead, it would be immensely helpful to know now. >> >> The problem: >> A whole slew of OpenStack modules exist upstream in the Ansible core >> directory. Kolla wants to use these modules. These files are licensed >> under the GPLv3. They will be released with Ansible 2.0 but Ansible >>2.0 is >> not yet available. In the meantime we need these modules to execute our >> system. The repo in question is: > >As I understand our current license situation, you won't be eligible >for big-tent if you depend on GPLv3 code. > >From the requirements " * Project must have no library dependencies >which effectively restrict > how the project may be distributed or deployed >" > >So I'm also strongly inclined to recommend you speak to the legal list >about the implications here. Using a GPLv3 tool via the CLI is very >different (by the GPL's design) to using it as a library. Rob, I pinged legal-discuss on this matter. I am hopeful the experts can provide guidance for the Technical Committee and our project as to how to proceed. Regards -steve > >-Rob > > >-- >Robert Collins <[email protected]> >Distinguished Technologist >HP Converged Cloud > >__________________________________________________________________________ >OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) >Unsubscribe: [email protected]?subject:unsubscribe >http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: [email protected]?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
