I was thinking the same; Perhaps we could leave the source code as is (validation check, etc.), but have the resource be downloaded separately by Maven or other tool to be compliant with ASF? Of course, if we change this mechanism, we'll also have to inform the NLM.
-----Original Message----- From: Jörn Kottmann [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 12:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: podling release managment On 07/26/2012 06:17 PM, Chen, Pei wrote: > 1) Bundle the customized UMLS dictionaries that were designed to work > with cTAKES as a resource. Have code to perform a License validation > check via their web service upon init time. [There is a known caveat > that users could bypass this check by modifying the open source code > or attempting to use the special in-memory db resource files > directly.] Bundling (or distributing from Apache) can only be done if the UMLS dictionaries are under AL 2.0 or similar terms. The License validation check makes it sound like its really not licensed under an OS license or something which comes close. Jörn
