License Apache and LGPL
Hello, I created RTFTemplate project, RTF template engine (if you are interested, see http://rtftemplate.sourceforge.net/index.html) and I use LGPL license. But RTFTemplate use Jakarta Velocity library which is Apache license. Can I use LGPL license? Must I change license LGPL to Apache license? Can I use GPL license otherwise? Thank's for your response. Angelo
Re: License Apache and LGPL
Hi Angelo, From the point of view of Apache and the Apache licence, you can take the Apache-licensed Velocity and include either its source or its binary in your work. Provided you obey the clauses of the ASL 2.0: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Chiefly: * Include a copy of the ASL licence with the ASL licenced-work (ie Velocity in this case). * Include a copy of the NOTICE file with the licence. * If you modify the Velocity source, you keep the copyright/licence notice that's in the source code; and note that you changed said source. There's more in there, but my non-lawyer brain thinks those are the main ones. Hen On Sat, 21 Jan 2006, Angelo zerr wrote: Hello, I created RTFTemplate project, RTF template engine (if you are interested, see http://rtftemplate.sourceforge.net/index.html) and I use LGPL license. But RTFTemplate use Jakarta Velocity library which is Apache license. Can I use LGPL license? Must I change license LGPL to Apache license? Can I use GPL license otherwise? Thank's for your response. Angelo - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: License Apache and LGPL
On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 19:44 +0100, Angelo zerr wrote: Hello, I created RTFTemplate project, RTF template engine (if you are interested, see http://rtftemplate.sourceforge.net/index.html) and I use LGPL license. But RTFTemplate use Jakarta Velocity library which is Apache license. Can I use LGPL license? Must I change license LGPL to Apache license? Can I use GPL license otherwise? Thank's for your response. The best place to ask this question is probably on the list legal-discuss@apache.org (you might want to check the archives first in case the answer is already there). However I believe that it is ok to combine Apache software with GPL or LGPL software (as long as the acknowledgement clause is followed). The resulting combination can legally be distributed under the GPL (or LGPL) licence. Of course the result *cannot* be distributed just under the Apache license, which is why Apache projects cannot include GPL/LGPL code directly. Note: I am not a lawyer. The legal-discuss list is the best place for a professional opinion. There was some discussion a while ago about creating a web-page with these sorts of questions answered, but I don't think it exists yet... Regards, Simon - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: License Apache and LGPL
On Sun, 2006-01-22 at 17:33 +1300, Simon Kitching wrote: On Sat, 2006-01-21 at 19:44 +0100, Angelo zerr wrote: Hello, I created RTFTemplate project, RTF template engine (if you are interested, see http://rtftemplate.sourceforge.net/index.html) and I use LGPL license. But RTFTemplate use Jakarta Velocity library which is Apache license. Can I use LGPL license? Must I change license LGPL to Apache license? Can I use GPL license otherwise? Thank's for your response. The best place to ask this question is probably on the list legal-discuss@apache.org (you might want to check the archives first in case the answer is already there). However I believe that it is ok to combine Apache software with GPL or LGPL software (as long as the acknowledgement clause is followed). The resulting combination can legally be distributed under the GPL (or LGPL) licence. Of course the result *cannot* be distributed just under the Apache license, which is why Apache projects cannot include GPL/LGPL code directly. Note: I am not a lawyer. The legal-discuss list is the best place for a professional opinion. There was some discussion a while ago about creating a web-page with these sorts of questions answered, but I don't think it exists yet... By the way, the jboss project already does this: combines its own GPL software with Apache projects like Tomcat. Regards, Simon - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
