On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone (particularly mentors) have an answer to the following legal > question: > > In the contributed PHP connector framework (thanks Raido Kuli) there is a > file that is licenced under a license that is not OSI approved. It is "most > like" the Artistic License. However, in my opinion is of a questionable > legal standing (but not intent). > > The license text is at http://keithdevens.com/software/license > > In my (admittedly cautious) opinion we cannot include this code in an Apache > release. Of course I am not a lawyer. > > Do mentors have an opinion in this? > > [NOTE for those new to the ASF, there is a legal team to help with this kind > of issue. However, we should try and resolve issues here before escalating > to the legal team] >
If this is still an issue, see following JIRA for relevant information http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-64 -- Luciano Resende http://people.apache.org/~lresende http://twitter.com/lresende1975 http://lresende.blogspot.com/
