Sorry for my late reply, I have open a JIRA issue[1] for this problem. I'm really appreciated your help here, thank you all.
[1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-464 Best Regards, YorkShen 申远 申远 <shenyua...@gmail.com> 于2019年6月18日周二 下午8:08写道： > Thanks for help. > > I will bring this to legal-jira this weeks later. > > Best Regards, > YorkShen > > 申远 > > > Myrle Krantz <my...@apache.org> 于2019年6月17日周一 下午8:07写道： > >> Thank you all, >> >> YorkShen, I think at this point the best thing to do is to open a "legal" >> ticket at this Jira (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL). I >> suspect that if you're only including the BSD-licensed headers, that Weex >> will only be dependent on BSD-licensed code. It's possible that the >> "runtime" argument will work in this case too. >> >> But this discussion hasn't made me feel confident in either statement, and >> there are other Apache projects for which this question may be relevant. >> I'd like a final answer and the legal committee can provide that. >> >> Let me know if you need help formulating the ticket. >> >> Best Regards, >> Myrle >> >> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 7:13 PM Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com.invalid> >> wrote: >> >> > Some things I don't think have been mentioned in this thread so far: >> > >> > 1) Even if you make Webkit optional by offering V8, I believe the ASF >> > criteria for "optional" includes "less than half of your users will use >> > that option" and so if Webkit offers better performance and most of the >> > users select Webkit over V8, it won't really qualify Webkit as optional. >> > 2) AIUI, the ASF does not care about the licensing of RUNTIMES (my >> > emphasis) your project's code runs on. Otherwise, no ASF project could >> run >> > on Windows or OSX. Apache Flex runs on Adobe Flash/AIR runtimes. >> > 3) I could not quickly find a direct quote for this, but I believe the >> ASF >> > does not care about the licensing of BUILD TOOLS (emphasis mine) used to >> > manipulate the source in the source release as long as the license of >> those >> > tools does not constrain usage of that code (like some non-commercial >> > restriction, or even a "no evil" restriction. >> > >> > AIUI, the whole purpose of these restrictions is to not place >> restrictions >> > on modifications to source or use of source when that source is >> eventually >> > executed (whether interpreted or compiled or other). >> > >> > So, if I've made that clear so far, the question I have for Weex is: >> How >> > is Webkit used in Weex? Is it just a runtime and libraries for that >> > runtime? If so, then I believe it is ok to have a dependency on LGPL >> > Webkit, but I would recommend that you find a way to not bundle Webkit >> in >> > the release artifacts. Have it downloaded or make it a "prerequisite" >> just >> > like I think every ASF Java-based project says you must install a Java >> JDK >> > and don't bundle Java JDKs. >> > >> > Other questions to ask relative to whether Webkit is a runtime or build >> > tool: >> > >> > A) Will anybody realistically want to modify the Webkit sources in order >> > to use Weex? If no, that's great, and another reason to not bundle >> those >> > header files with your sources. >> > B) Will use of the WebKit header files and other binaries you depend on >> > create a restriction on use? If no, that's great as well, and I think >> if >> > the answer to A and B are both "no", the IPMC should consider Webkit to >> be >> > a runtime/build-tool dependency and let it go. >> > >> > HTH, >> > -Alex >> > >> > >> > On 6/14/19, 5:09 AM, "York Shen" <shenyua...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > It depends on the definition of optional dependency. Weex targets >> iOS, >> > Android and Browser environment and Webkit header files and shared >> library >> > are only bundled for Android environment. As for other environments, >> the OS >> > or browser itself has exposed enough API for Weex. >> > >> > PS: I am pretty sure that the iOS system itself uses almost the same >> > code of Webkit as Weex does to build its WKWebView. It’s really strange >> > that’s ok for Weex iOS and not ok for Weex Android. >> > >> > > 在 2019年6月14日，19:17，Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> 写道： >> > > >> > > Hi, >> > > >> > >> Well, what if Weex copies some BSD header files in Webkit then >> run >> > on Webkit? IMHO, the Webkit is also an environment for Weex in this >> case. >> > > >> > > You still didi not answer if this is an optional dependancy? But >> > again either way I suggest you ask on legal discuss. >> > > >> > > Thanks, >> > > Justin >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> > > For additional commands, e-mail: >> general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> > >> >
