On 20/05/07, Roland Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Oleg, Sebastian, all,
> I _personally_ find the requirement of conditional compilation of LGPL
> dependent code too restrictive and complicating the release process,
I agree, in particular if that should mean we can't release binaries
with NTLM support built in. But the conditional compilation is a
_Jakarta_ policy, not an Apache one. Let's see where we are a year
from now.
sebb wrote:
> Quote:
>
> "Therefore, LGPL v2.1-licensed works must not be included in Apache
> products, although they may be listed as system requirements or
> distributed elsewhere as optional works."
>
> Seems to me that it should not be too difficult to make JCIFS an
> optional work.
As I understand it, optional work would refer to hosting a separate
project elsewhere and using the LGPL for that. HttpAuth-NTLM or such.
AIUI, it's not necessary to create an independent external project to
merely to wrap libraries that cannot be included in distributions.
For example, JMeter depends optionally on JavaMail - it will work
without it, but some functions are disabled.
[See also https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HTTPCLIENT-293 which
refers to HttpClient using JavaMail.]
But listing jCIFS as system requirement for using NTLM seems quite
reasonable to me. It wouldn't be included in our product.
That would be an optional requirement.
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