I don’t think anyone is asking the Apache NetBeans PMC to do anything here.
Gj On Tue, 2 Jul 2019 at 21:34, Matthias Bläsing <mblaes...@doppel-helix.eu> wrote: > Hi, > > Am Dienstag, den 02.07.2019, 14:05 +0200 schrieb Geertjan Wielenga: > > Yes, indeed. That's why when you use it in NetBeans, you need to approve > > its license first. It is not Apache licensed, just like nb-javac is not > > Apache licensed. > > > > Gj > > > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 1:57 PM Eric Bresie <ebre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/netbeans/blob/master/contrib/libs.oracle.jsparser/external/com.oracle.js.parser-ba7a8bc42268-license.txt > > > mentions > > > > > > License: GPL-2-CP > > > Origin: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/graal/graal-js-parser > > from my understanding, the ASF has a pretty straight position regarding > anything with GPL in its license name: > > It must not be a required dependency. > > I don't see how the Netbeans PMC could even remotely release anything > that is incompatible with the core requirement of the ASF. (yepp, this > is still LEGAL-336, still not fixed by Apache Legal and/or Oracle). > > The Graal.JS parser might be a different matter, as it is now licensed > UPL, it might be packageable. Before that can happen though, the > integration into netbeans has to be fixed, as the parser went through > breaking changes. > > So this leaves us with: > > nb-javac: GPL-2-CP so not packable by the Apache Netbeans PMC > graal-js: the version we need is GPL-2-CP and so also not packable > the version we could package/bundle is UPL, but not > compatible with the netbeans codebase > > Don't get me wrong: Having the two artifacts on maven central would be > great, but that is not a job the Apache Netbeans PMC can do. > > Just my 2 cents. > > Matthias > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
