On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Yichi Lu <yichi...@sungard.com> wrote: > Does anyone know that whether it is OK, from licensing point of view, to > add a GPLv2 package into CloudStack? > My understanding is that Apache/CloudStack is under Apache v2 licensing, > which is incompatible to GPLv2. > The particular package (or Program) is under GPLv2 with FLOSS exceptions > (to alleviate the incompatibility), where Apachev2 is on that FLOSS license > list. I include exceptions here. Thanks. > > Yichi >
So several things: We aren't really qualified to provide legal advice. (and don't) If you really want to talk to lawyers about the issue, I have a few recommendations for F/LOSS savvy lawyers I can I point you to. Assuming a worst case scenario - a user could easily do this and still comply. The problem is triggered on distribution. As a matter of policy Apache CloudStack won't include GPLed software. --David
