Markus Kühn wrote:
I know what the GPL is and I also know about the differences in the
interpretations by Apache lawyers and FSF, but this is not the
point.
I asked for a solution, not for explanations of the problem ;-)
We can add the "imaginary.javax.mail.UIDPlusFolder" (or a similar
interface) to the mailet API or to a third party ASL2 licensed
project. We can then add a sourceforge project that include the GPL
maildir and the GPL plugin including our ASL interface. People
then will have Maildir support in james: is this right?
Stefano
This is a borderline case.
I agree.
And this is not in the interest of people using Apache software.
I don't agree: Not all apache software users use it due to the ASL
licensing. I believe that most James users would use it even if it were GPL.
So I think that *adding a new feature* is not against "the interest of
people using Apache software"
Furthermore the fact is that we simply want to overcome a limitation of
Javamail Stores. This is not a Maildir issue, neither an issue with the
GPL Java implementation of the Javamail Store with Maildir format.
The contribution is about the support of Javamail Stores as
Repositories. This has nothing to do with the GPL!!!
> A major point not to include or support code under the GPL is to keep a
clear license situation.
Markus
Again, can you tell me what is GPL in the contributed code? I do like to
talk about *real* things: both you and Noel are talking about GPL-ASL
integration and not about the contribution itself.
You probably being fooled by the GPL and Maildir words in the JIRA issue
comments, but I think that it worth to look at the contribution itself
before starting such long threads.
Stefano
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