that means if we cannot have category X dependencies in our source release, but for category B, since we don't bundled in our source release, so it is fine.
Correct me if I am wrong. Thanks, William On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 11:58 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 13 April 2018 at 03:37, Willem Jiang <willem.ji...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Matt, > > > > I just have different idea about your your explanation. > > > > If my code has the compile dependency of the JSON library, as the JSON > > library code is not bundled in the source code. > > I don't think we should add the License of JSON library into my License > > file. > > > > Right. The source license file only applies to the source code that you > directly include in the distribution artifact. Hence why the binaries here > have a different license because they embed several 3rd party dependencies > with different licenses or notices to include. Some licenses have different > rules regarding source distribution versus binary distribution (these > generally revolve around where and how to attribute the copyright holders). > > > > If we use the LGPL license jar library in the test. > > As this LGPL jar is not bundled in our source or binary release. we don't > > need to update our License and Notice file for it. > > > > That's my understanding. Essentially, any components that depend on LGPL > code or similar need to be optional. > > As for license categories (which is relevant to this discussion in > general), category A are all good for source and binary distribution, > category B licenses can generally be used in binary distributions but not > source distributions, and category X licenses cannot be included in source > or binary distributions. Category X licensed software can be used in > limited cases, but it can't be required for using the software. For > example, maybe you have a component that integrates with some GPL component > upstream. Provided you were legally able to write your component under ALv2 > in the first place, then said component could be distributed as an optional > component with instructions on installing the third party software. < > https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#optional> > > > -- > Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >
