The latest Storm release 0.9.1 is all Apache-licensed. We replaced the ZeroMQ transport with a Netty transport (though you can still use the zeromq transport by changing the settings)
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 12:46 AM, Richards Peter <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi team, > > We are using storm 0.8.2 in our project. I have a query related to the > licensing model of storm and its dependent components. > > Some parts of ZeroMQ used in storm 0.8.2 are licensed under LGPLv2.1 and > might be used. Some other parts of ZeroMQ components in storm 0.8.2 are > licensed under GPLv3/LGPLv3. Due to patent issues - legal & compliance, our > company policy states not to use software licenses under GPLv3 / LGPLv3. > > This situation has left us with the following options: > 1. Remove the dependency of our project on ZeroMQ/JZMQ in storm (by > upgrading to latest version of storm which doesn't use ZeroMQ/JZMQ) > 2. Look for an alternative to Storm. > > This situation has also raised the following questions: > 1. How is storm truly open source? > 2. How other companies are handling this licensing issue?. > > Would you like to share your comments/thoughts about this situation? > > Thanks, > Richards Peter. > -- Twitter: @nathanmarz http://nathanmarz.com
