Github user lresende commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/14981
The pointer is exactly your quote on the e-mail to legal-discuss:
http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#prohibited says:
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CAN APACHE PROJECTS RELY ON COMPONENTS UNDER PROHIBITED LICENSES?
**Apache projects cannot distribute any such components**. As with the
previous question on platforms, the component can be relied on if the
component's licence terms do not affect the Apache product's licensing. For
example, using a GPL'ed tool during the build is OK.
CAN APACHE PROJECTS RELY ON COMPONENTS WHOSE LICENSING AFFECTS THE APACHE
PRODUCT?
Apache projects cannot distribute any such components. **However, if the
component is only needed for optional features, a project can provide the user
with instructions on how to obtain and install the non-included work**.
Optional means that the component is not required for standard use of the
product or for the product to achieve a desirable level of quality. The
question to ask yourself in this situation is:
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And I am being flexible here, and agreeing that that is ok to have the
source distribution with the kinesis and ganglia modules, as long as we don't
publish them into maven and require the users to build with the respective
profiles in order to gain access to these modules in their application.
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