Re: [QUESTION] Oracle JDBC Driver as a test dependency

2024-01-11 Thread Alex Porcelli
Thank you all for the valuable inputs... to play safe I opened a ticket [1] with legal for better clarity. [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-663 On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 8:30 PM Justin Mclean wrote: > > Hi, > > > In your source release anything in Category A is fair game. Things in

Re: [QUESTION] Oracle JDBC Driver as a test dependency

2024-01-10 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > In your source release anything in Category A is fair game. Things in > Category B are not. Things in Category X never are. While correct, that’s not the full story; you also can’t have anything as a dependency whose license is a category X one. Kind Regards, Justin

Re: [QUESTION] Oracle JDBC Driver as a test dependency

2024-01-10 Thread Joe Witt
Hello In general with all such things ASF and licensing a great place to start for information is here [1]. It lays out the different categories and how ASF Legal has designated a given license. The way to really consider this largely comes down to whether you package that binary in a release yo

Re: [QUESTION] Oracle JDBC Driver as a test dependency

2024-01-10 Thread Juan Pablo Santos Rodríguez
Hi! I'd say the situation has changed a bit, as those jars are available at central since version 19.3, IIRC ([#1]). They are published under Oracle Free Use Term and Conditions (FUCT) license ([#2]), so I'd check again with legal to see if this license is allowed or not. HTH, juan pablo [#1]

[QUESTION] Oracle JDBC Driver as a test dependency

2024-01-10 Thread Alex Porcelli
In KIE podling we have reference for the Oracle JDBC driver being used only for tests [1], however based on this ticket [2], it's not clear if we can continue to use it or this dependency has to be removed. Guidance on this topic would be highly appreciated! Regards, Alex [1] https://github.com