oops, forgot [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft
I guess it depends on a lot of things (the LGPL version, any reciprocity added by the JTS folks, etc, etc.), which I haven't looked at. Cheers, Chris On Mar 5, 2012, at 2:34 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > Hey Ryan, > > On Mar 5, 2012, at 2:27 PM, Ryan McKinley wrote: > >>> >>> Unfortunately I do see it as a roadblock. The goal of SIS was to write >>> a pure ALv2 licensed (or compatible) spatial library and toolkit, which >>> in my mind does *not* include any dependencies (even optional) on >>> LGPL components. >>> >> >> Got it, this was my understanding. The goal of SIS is to build an ASL >> version of JTS -- that's a great goal, just not one I have any >> energy/time to contribute towards. > > No worries. I appreciate you reaching out. Is there a way to have everything > in spatial4j that doesn't rely on the LGPL code here? > >> >> >>> Is there any way that the works of spatial4j could be replaced by ALv2 code? >> >> The code in spatial4j is all ASL. If there were a viable ASL polygon >> library, we could use that too. > > How can you have an ALv2 licensed library that has dependencies on LGPL > upstream > components? Doesn't the LGPL and its viral nature [1] spill into your code? > >> >> It looks like github is an appropriate place for the spatial4j development. > > Would be great to reach some sort of compromise, and like I said, I'm totally > supportive of what you guys are trying to do. If we can't, I wish you the best > and hopefully we can build an ALv2 licensed polygon support capability > that you guys could leverage, and perhaps help merge the communities > then. > > Thanks! > > Cheers, > Chris > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. > Senior Computer Scientist > NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA > Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 > Email: [email protected] > WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department > University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: [email protected] WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
