Well, since there is no compile time dependency on hibernate, is there actually a licensing issue? The binary is referenced, but not compiled against in Apache code.
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 5:35 PM, Krzysztof Sobkowiak <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I have some licensing questions. > > I have found following page http://www.apache.org/legal/3party.html which > defines 3 categories of third party licenses. According to this page LGPL > v2.1 is category X, but further remark says, the LGPL-v2.1-licensed work can > be listed as system requirements but can not be included by Apache > products. I'm not good in licensing but I try to understand it. Is the > category of LGPL really B (and the page should be corrected) or is the LGP > category X. In the second case, can we still list Hibernate in Karaf > features (e.g. using the remark about listing of system requirements)? > > Assume following use cases of third-party work usage: > 1. reference 3rd-party library as (maven) dependency and use the classes in > ASF code > 2. reference 3rd-party library as (maven) dependency and use the classes > only in ASF configuration files (e.g. blueprint.xml) > 3. include/copy some unmodified 3rd-party code (e.g. some classes) in ASF > project > 4. include/copy some 3rd-party code (e.g. some classes) in ASF project and > modify it > 5. list some 3rd-party libraries in Karaf features, but not include them as > binaries in one of the Karaf distributions > 6. list some 3rd-party libraries in Karaf features, and include them as > binaries in one of the Karaf distributions in system repository > > Could anybody please answer which of above points are allowed for following > 3rd-party works > a. category A as the whole category - I assume, all above use cases are > allowed in this category, is it ok? > b. category B as the whole category > c. category X as the whole category > d. LGPL > e. GPL > f. EPL > > I have chosen Karaf as sample ASF project, but it could be any other ASF > project, e.g. ServiceMix or Aries > > Do the rules from the page mentioned above apply only for ASF projects or > for any project licensed under Apache License? > > Best regards > Krzysztof > > > > On 03.01.2014 11:51, Jean-Baptiste Onofré wrote: > > LGPL is category B (not X), so we can reference it but not "include" it: > it's what we do. > > FYI, in Karaf 3.0.0, I've already added a hibernate feature. > > Regards > JB > > On 01/03/2014 11:46 AM, Freeman Fang wrote: > > Though it's a very useful feature, I'm not sure if we can add it in > Karaf, as Hibernate is under LGPL license, can we? > －－－－－－－－－－－－－ > Freeman(Yue) Fang > > Red Hat, Inc. > FuseSource is now part of Red Hat > > > -- > Krzysztof Sobkowiak > > JEE & OSS Architect | Technical Architect @ Capgemini > Capgemini | Software Solutions Center | Wroclaw > e-mail: [email protected] | Twitter: @KSobkowiak
