On 8/30/14 1:51 AM, "Justin Mclean" <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote:
>Hi, > >> From folks who have been in the ipmc longer and advise on whether this >>is a category x dependency. > >Looks like the question has already been answered, and it probably legal >rather than incubator who would need to answer if we think it is an issue. Good suggestion to ask on legal-discuss first. I will do that shortly. For me, the concern comes from this section in legal-resolved [1]: ------ Can Apache projects rely on components whose licensing affects the Apache product?Apache projects cannot distribute any such components. However, if the component is only needed for optional features, a project can provide the user with instructions on how to obtain and install the non-included work. Optional means that the component is not required for standard use of the product or for the product to achieve a desirable level of quality. The question to ask yourself in this situation is: * "Will the majority of users want to use my product without adding the optional components?" ------ Lucene and AOO are not spell-checking products. They can be used without adding dictionaries. If we bundled Squiggly with the SDK, then I will also get confirmation from legal-discuss, but I would argue that he majority of users can use the SDK without downloading the dictionaries. But if the product is simply a spell-checker... Anyway, we'll see what legal-discuss has to say. [1] http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x -Alex
