Hi, > I am thinking why spring-boot-starter-data-jpa depends on LGPL > licensed library "hibernate-core", and can still be Apache 2.0 > licensed.
That may be the case for a non ASF project, but it is ASF policy to not depends on GPL code. [1][2] In short "The Apache Software Foundation does not allow its own projects to distribute software under licenses more restrictive than the Apache License," Thanks, Justin 1. https://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html 2. https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
