It looks to me like the umlgraph license is compatible with ASF guidelines.
Can someone on licensing@ give me a definite answer? Ralph Apel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 28/08/2003 04:50:33 PM: > On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 03:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Ralph Apel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 23/08/2003 07:50:19 AM: > > > > > In have an initial version of a new > > > > > > maven-dotuml-plugin > > > > > > which generates UML Class Diagrams in .dot format, based on javadoc with > > > a custom Doclet. > > > > What's .dot format? > > > > Is it the same as http://www.spinellis.gr/sw/umlgraph/ and > > I have tested this doclet against geronimo source code and - although I > am not a UML specialist - it seems very useful to me. Most important, > this approach seems to be extendable to the generation of XMI for import > into UML tools. > > I'm now trying to contact D.Spinellis on the issue. The copyright notice > reads as follows: > > /* > * Create a graphviz graph based on the classes in the specified java > * source files. > * > * (C) Copyright 2002, 2003 Diomidis Spinellis > * > * Permission to use, copy, and distribute this software and its > * documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, > * provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and > that > * both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in > * supporting documentation. > * > * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR > IMPLIED > * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF > * MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. > * > * $Id: UmlGraph.java 1.24 2003/07/30 09:18:48 dds Exp $ > * > */ > > Do you think this may be satisfactorily adapted to compatibility with > the ASF policies? > > > > http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/download.html ? > > > > IMHO, none of the research.att-graphviz stuff should be included at all. > It boils down to usage of the Graphviz.dot format as an intermediate > format. > > Graphviz.dot seems to be a good intermediate output format in order not > to burden the doclet itself with rendering issues and give the user any > possible degree of liberty in rendering or otherwise consuming the > extracted design info. > > I haven't been able to find any copyright, license or patent regarding > the format as such. Even more, at sourceforge there are at least 10 > projects using the Graphviz.dot format, among them some optimizers, > renderers and an independent implementation. > > > > To be included in Maven, licensing needs to be compatible with the ASF > > policies. > > > > Sorry, but I must ask questions about licensing, because legals aren't > by far among my qualifications. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting Blog: http://blogs.codehaus.org/people/dion/
