Nah, I am pretty much of the same opinion, and with ample warning I don't see a problem. Just wanted to make sure that this hasn't come up and been ruled out of the question.
Thanks Niclas On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Chris Mattmann <[email protected]> wrote: > I tend to agree with Ted on this particular point. > > > > Niclas, if you want something more formal than that, I encourage you to > file a ticket in > LEGAL JIRA [1]. > > > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > > [1] http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL > > > > > > > > From: Ted Dunning <[email protected]> > Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, June 4, 2017 at 12:13 AM > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Code generation resulting in GPL or even commercial licensing > > > > > > Legality aside, I wouldn't see a problem with this if there is a > warning/report about licensing status of the result of building a project. > > > > Regarding legality, I see no difference between your project and a code > development tool that allows me too add dependencies that have a variety of > licenses. > > > > I speak here as just me, not as a lawyer, not as any Apache authority. > > > > On Jun 4, 2017 06:29, "Niclas Hedhman" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am working on a code generator, which will ask a bunch of questions, and > then generate a project for the user that can be built further upon. > > > > Each option the user has, will bring in dependencies, such as a > persistence store, out of a selection of many. > > > > At the moment, we are restricting this generation to Apache License > compatible project outputs, but is there any policy or other restriction > that this couldn't generate a project that (if resdistributed) is under > GPL, or for that matter generate a project that requires the user to go get > a license (say Oracle SQL Server license) elsewhere? > > > IF this is OK, and we decide to move ahead with it, then I would also > generate a report detailing the licensing requirements of such project, or > that some piece of software needs to be purchased. > > > > Polygene is a library to build applications with, not totally unlike > Spring Framework. And this code generation is an helper mechanism to get > people up and running quickly with their projects, and not required (it is > even a new feature, not yet released). > > > > > > Thanks > > -- > > Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer > http://polygene.apache.org - New Energy for Java > > > > -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://polygene.apache.org - New Energy for Java
