I put the team in copy because it's important to not do a bad choice. On Nov 26, 2007 12:10 PM, Richard van Nieuwenhoven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > i just asked Cliff (see attachment) and he says that only binary > redistribution is an option. > > So four options left: > - extraction during build. and package as classes This option is impossible I think because it will bundle a version of the classe which will depend of the environment. We'll not be able to controle what we use and how we'll do in the integration server. I don't want to install eclipse on the integration server. > > - real dependency It's perhaps the best solution ? We could create an upload request for this jar ? > > - attach the xxx-eclipse-plugin.jar as an artefact another jar with only those 2 classes ?? > - path to the eclipse home directory we could use a system dependency of the eclipse plugin but the problem is that we'll have to set it even if the user doesn't use it. > where do you want to go? At home ?? ;-) > > regards, > Ritchie > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Cliff Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Richard van Nieuwenhoven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:37:26 -0800 > Subject: Re: licensing question > Hi Richard, > > The best place for this question is the legal-discuss mailing list. > I'm not able to spend much time on these issues these days; I'm also > no longer the Apache VP of Legal Affairs (that's Sam Ruby now), but > there are lots of sharp people on the legal-discuss list who can help > (including Sam and several others). > > However, here's a quick thought: the EPL source will always have to be > EPL - so you can't include it in the source of a plugin that doesn't > acknowledge that. However, the EPL does allow for binaries of EPL > source to be distributed under other licenses. That might be an > option for you, but there are lots of requirements to make sure you > are following if you do that. > > Cliff > > On Nov 26, 2007 2:11 AM, Richard van Nieuwenhoven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > i have a licensing question for a maven project: > > http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MECLIPSE-344 > > > > In this patch we need 2 class files that are under EPL, but the plugin > > is under ASL. > > > > How can we include these 2 classes without violating any licenses? > > > > thanks for any help, > > Ritchie > > > > P.S. > > I asked this question on the maven development mailing list and there > > somebody referenced you as a legal expert. > > > > Thread title: "copieing sources in to a maven-plugin" > > > > > -- .......................................................... Arnaud HERITIER .......................................................... OCTO Technology - aheritier AT octo DOT com www.octo.com | blog.octo.com .......................................................... ASF - aheritier AT apache DOT org www.apache.org | maven.apache.org ...........................................................
