Re: iText 4.2.0 - Could a software licence be changed from MPL/LGPL to AGPL by simply redistributing the pom.xml?

Hello Siegfried, I do not think this was an accident, see https://issues.sonatype.org/plugins/servlet/mobile#issue/MVNCENTRAL-760. The relocation does break builds as the package is different as well. I am not a lawyer but at I think it is not a nice move to cause breaking builds and licensing

Re: iText 4.2.0 - Could a software licence be changed from MPL/LGPL to AGPL by simply redistributing the pom.xml?

For my case, my Legal folks as my team to remove it Best to consult with your IP attorney -Dan On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Siegfried Goeschl wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have a simple simple question - is it possible/legal to change the > software licence by simply

Re: iText 4.2.0 - Could a software licence be changed from MPL/LGPL to AGPL by simply redistributing the pom.xml?

This is weird indeed. iText changed license/package starting from 5 and onwards. 4.2.0 wasn't officially released but sources are there and they are still under MPL/LGPL and anyone can always build the jar himself [1] and I guess nothing disallows one to distribute such jar, right? Someone must've