I am jumping into this conversation a little blind to all the facts but why wouldn't you just use the standard HTMLParser in the jdk?
Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew C. Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "POI Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jakarta Project Management Committee List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 7:12 AM Subject: Re: [Followup] RE: Possibly Include HTMLParser Jar in contrib code? > You cannot. Though the FSF has stated that the Apache interpretation was > correct and that importing classes from LGPL jar files in Java does indeed > cause the "viral clause" to apply to Java. > > Please stop saying "lift the code" or other things that imply violating the > copyright. > > Under no circumstances can any LGPL code be used as it would require us to > LGPL our code per section 6 of the LGPL license and the statement I received > from the Free Software Foundation's Dave Turner (the man behind > [EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > " > Me: > > Brett Smith referred me to you regarding a question regarding the Lesser Gnu > > Public License (LGPL) in regards to Java. It is the interpretation of most > > of the open/free software communities that the use of a "jar" file by a > > piece of software linked via a Java "import" statement does not bind the > > linking work under the terms of the LGPL. The Apache Software Foundation, > > presently takes a more conservative view and thus projects of the ASF are > > not allowed to link/distribute LGPL programs into Java projects of the > > foundation. > > DT: > This sort of linking falls under section 6 of the LGPL. > " > > In short, Sam was right, I was wrong. > > -Andy > > On 7/16/03 4:55 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sorry I haven't been on the list more, been traveling the last week. At any > > rate, Andy, did you ever get a resolution to including the HTMLParser Jar? > > > > Should I just submit a code change the mimics the code that I need from > > HTMLParser, I mean, it is just a long list of values being populated into a > > Map! That is all I really want, versus sophisticated translation of > > character set logic or something... > > > > Thanks for your efforts... > > eric > > > > -- > Andrew C. Oliver > http://www.superlinksoftware.com/poi.jsp > Custom enhancements and Commercial Implementation for Jakarta POI > > http://jakarta.apache.org/poi > For Java and Excel, Got POI? > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
