Hi all, I saw that Apache solr uses JTS (Java Topology Suite) [ http://www.vividsolutions.com/jts/JTSHome.htm] for supporting a spatial data type [http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrAdaptersForLuceneSpatial4]. Using JTS in an Apache project is not a straight forward thing as JTS is licensed under LGPL which has some compatibility issued when included in an Apache project. Now, I need to dome something very similar in another Apache project (Pig [http://pig.apache.org/]) and I'm faced with the licensing issue. I'm asking for your advice for the best way we can do to use JTS without breaking the license issue. Does referring to JTS classes from the code of an Apache project without actually including the classes violate the license? Do we have to load the classes dynamically (using Class#forName) or there is another way to do it? Thanks in advance
Best regards, Ahmed Eldawy
