License approval is done on the terms, not the name.  So, if SLF4j
uses a license with identical terms to MIT (and also plainly interpret
it that way), then i wouldn't pause on those grounds.

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Greg Reddin<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Antonio
> Petrelli<[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hello
>> I would like to know your thought about migrating from Commons Logging to 
>> SLF4j.
>
> What about the license? Their web page says the terms are "identical
> to those of the MIT License", then references approval by the ASF. I
> assume the approval is referring to the MIT license not this one. Is
> there any due diligence that should be done to assure there won't be
> problems with this?
>
> What is the motivation for the change? I don't have strong opinions
> one way or the other. Maybe I should be discussing on JIRA :-)
>
> Greg
>

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