Thanks Andy, In your link from Apache Software Foundation we can read:
"Apache 2 software can therefore be included in GPLv3 projects, because the GPLv3 license accepts our software into GPLv3 works. However, GPLv3 software cannot be included in Apache projects. The licenses are incompatible in one direction only, and it is a result of ASF's licensing philosophy and the GPLv3 authors' interpretation of copyright law." I'm not lawyer too :-( But, is compatible in one direction, and this is my direction. Jena under Apache, my .jar library in GPLv3. So I can use GPLv3 in my project, someone disagree? or Can I keep all under Apache license? But I don't know how this will be affect the project in the future. 2013/1/17 Andy Seaborne <[email protected]> > On 17/01/13 15:51, Fabio Aiub Sperotto wrote: > >> Hello guys, >> >> I don't know where send this question. I´m using Jena like a base >> framework >> to my programming library (project is a master dissertation). My library >> will be free software. But, can I spread my project under GNU-GPL license >> and keeping de jena packages under Apache license? >> >> Will I have conflict licenses? If yes, how cai i spread my work using >> Jena? >> (I'm not modifying Jena, just using your several methods). >> >> (Soon all project will be uploaded in Github) >> >> > Fabio, > > You are doing the right thing by thinking of this before you do a release. > Legal matters are best done before releases, not after. > > The details are here: > > http://www.apache.org/**licenses/GPL-compatibility.**html<http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html> > > You can *use* Apache Jena with GPL in your system. > > You need to work out the implications of publishing/redistributing your > code or binaries. > > I'll highlight from that link that > """ > the Free Software Foundation (FSF) does not consider the Apache License to > be compatible with GPL version 2, only GPLv3. The Apache Software > Foundation believes that you should always try to obey the constraints > expressed by the copyright holder when redistributing their work. > """ > > If you are using other projects that are GPLv2, not GPLv3, this is a > roadblock. > > If you are choosing a GPL license and do not use any other GPLv2-only > projects, you can choose GPLv3 (or AGPLv3). > > This is not legal advice and I am most definitely not a lawyer. > > Note also the LICENSE and NOTICE for licence and copyright of libraries > that Jena uses. > > Andy > > > > -- Fabio Aiub Sperotto Mestrando em Modelagem Computacional about.me/fabiosperotto www.twitter.com/fabio_gk
