Derek Hohls wrote:
Um - to take this a step further - what is it about GPL or LGPL that the "Apache Board" (an ominous sounding name?!) objects to ?
(I assume there are documented discussions about this somewhere?)
See:
http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html
Thanks Derek
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Derek Hohls wrote:
Please explain about the license issue - is the GPL
not compatiable with the Apache license (sorry for
my ignorance of these legal issues... I tend to be
more worried about just getting my code working!)
Well, GPL libraries bind the software linked to them to become a GPL one: utterly inappropriate for Cocoon, you understand ;)
OTOH, (L)GPL (which is very similar to ASL) has not such a bind, and could be, IMHO, used safely within Cocoon... trouble is the Apache board
has a different opinion :(
Therefore, the ASF policy is to avoid the inclusion of (L)GPL libraries in Apache products... not even allowing the use of mock classes of (L)GPL software in Apache products.
Sorry to rain on your parade :(
Regards,
P.S.
I know it the hard way: Fins cannot be distributed with Cocoon because it relies on JFreeChart, which is (L)GPL.
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