----- Original Message ----- > Monty Taylor wrote: > > On 03/20/2014 01:30 AM, Radcliffe, Mark wrote: > >> The problem with AGPL is that the scope is very uncertain and the > >> determination of the consequences are very fact intensive. I was the > >> chair of the User Committee in developing the GPLv3 and I am therefor > >> quite familiar with the legal issues. The incorporation of AGPLv3 > >> code Into OpenStack Project is a significant decision and should not > >> be made without input from the Foundation. At a minimum, the > >> inclusion of APLv3 code means that the OpenStack Project is no longer > >> solely an Apache v2 licensed project because AGPLv3 code cannot be > >> licensed under Apache v. 2 License. Moreover, the inclusion of such > >> code is inconsistent with the current CLA provisions. > >> > >> This code can be included but it is an important decision that should > >> be made carefully. > > > > I agree - but in this case, I think that we're not talking about > > including AGPL code in OpenStack as much as we are talking about using > > an Apache2 driver that would talk to a server that is AGPL ... if the > > deployer chooses to install the AGPL software. I don't think we're > > suggesting that downloading or installing openstack itself would involve > > downloading or installing AGPL code. > > Yes, the issue here is more... a large number of people want to stay > away from AGPL. Should the TC consider adding to the OpenStack > integrated release a component that requires AGPL software to be > installed alongside it ? It's not really a legal issue (hence me > stopping the legal-issues cross-posting). > > This was identified early on as a concern with Marconi and the SQLA > support was added to counter that concern. The question then becomes, > how usable this SQLA option actually is ? If it's sluggish, unusable in > production or if it doesn't fully support the proposed Marconi API, then > I think we still have that concern.
This is somewhat tangential but what's the recommended/default backend for Telemetry these days? I ask because in the documentation we currently still appear to concentrate on using MongoDB [1]. Are all of the backends - or at least those with 'Yes' in all columns in the developer docs [2] - first class citizens at this point? Thanks, Steve [1] http://docs.openstack.org/havana/install-guide/install/yum/content/ceilometer-install.html [2] http://docs.openstack.org/developer/ceilometer/install/dbreco.html _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev