On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 5:05 PM Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > > I see there's multiple issues in here, but do you agree that files like > [1] > > are dual licensed EPLv1 and EDLv1 (BSD-3-Clause) so can be included? > > Normally when something is dual licensed you include which license you > select in the LICENSE file. [1] EDL is Category A so if something was was > EPL or EDL licensed then that would be fine. However I’m not 100% sure that > the file is dual licensed in that you can select which license applies. > From the header “ This program and the accompanying materials are made > available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 and Eclipse > Distribution License v. 1.0 which accompanies this distribution.” to me > that seems to be saying that parts of the content are under each license > not that you can select a license. > > Note that the category B description also contains this text below, so it > may be allowed on that basis. (Given that it’s very unlikely to change.) > > "For small amounts of source that is directly consumed by the ASF product > at runtime in source form, and for which that source is unmodified and > unlikely to be changed anyway (say, by virtue of being specified by a > standard), inclusion of appropriately labeled source is also permitted. An > example of this is the web-facesconfig_1_0.dtd, whose inclusion is mandated > by the JSR 127: JavaServer Faces specification.” > the XSDs for JPA 2.0 and up are EPL/EDL, however the XSDs for 1.0 are GPL/CDDL. If you want to review [1]. AIUI the XSDs are part of the "accompanying materials" portion of the license. Either way, this only explains a small part of the licensing issues in the release. [1]: http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/jsc/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_0.xsd > > Thanks > Justin > > 1. https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#mutually-exclusive > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
