On 11/07/16 15:45, Chris Dollin wrote:
On 11/07/16 05:02, Mei Sasaki wrote:
Dear developers,
Thanks for all your time and effort in developing Apache Jena.
I am currently trying to use Eyeball as a validating tool at my
workplace.
However, I am worried about license issues.
I have checked out source code from here;
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jena/Scratch/Eyeball/trunk/
The comment on top of this code implies that the framework is
distributed under the Apache License.
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jena/Scratch/Eyeball/trunk/assembly-eyeball.xml
However, this webpage clearly states that “Jena Eyeball has not been
released under the Apache Software License.”
https://jena.apache.org/documentation/tools/eyeball-getting-started.html
This puzzles me.
It would be of great help if you could inform of me which license
Eyeball is distributed under.
Hmm. I'll try and get this cleared up. (I'm the original developer of
Eyeball.)
Chris
The code is covered by the HP grant and the license headers are correct.
"not released" means there are no built binaries (maven or download).
A release means the PMC has checked the licensing including dependencies
but anything in a public repo should have a license on it.
Repos are open for a reason - you can take code from them.
Being unreleased puts the onus on you with regard to checking and
dependencies. (Apache even have a license checking tool:
http://creadur.apache.org/rat/)
All the Eyeball code should have been bulk converted when the codebase
was imported originally. If you find anything wrong, let us know.
The dependencies are very, very old. It is not RDF 1.1.
Andy
