As an alternative, I wrote a device for this purpose as part of the Apache CXF Javascript SOAP client generator.
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Dan Haywood <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear mentors, > > I've realized that one of my sister projects (restful objects) has a > dependency on some LGPL software. > > Per the email chain below, I contacted the developer, Sergey Ilinsky, who > has granted us permission with the words below: > > *Yes, I authorize "NO framework and your sister projects accepted [2] into > the Apache incubator" to use my XMLHttpRequest.js library (available at the > http://code.google.com/p/xmlhttprequest/ and currently licensed under > LGPL) with the ASL license. > * > Does this make sense legally, and is it enough to put on file? Or would > he need to formally license his software under ASL from his main website > (and if he's not happy, then I'd need to yank it and use something else > instead). > > Thanks, > Dan > > > -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: XmlHttpRequest licensing > Date: > Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:46:26 +0100 From: Dan Haywood > <[email protected]><[email protected]> Reply-To: > [email protected] Organization: Haywood Associates Ltd. To: > Sergey > Ilinsky <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > > Sergey, > Thank you very much for your prompt reply, and for granting us this > permission. > > I'm still learning the ropes at Apache, so I'll need to double check that > the statement below suffices (and legally makes sense) but I would hope it > would. > > ~~~ > Just had a quick glance at your Ample SDK; I'm always on the lookout for > new frameworks that target the UI experience. It might work quite well as > an alternative default front-end for my restful interface. Just added it to > the Isis wiki. But whatever, good luck with build up a community for it. > > Thanks again, > Dan > ---------------- > > On 06/10/2010 17:18, Sergey Ilinsky wrote: > > Dan, > > Yes, I authorize "NO framework and your sister projects accepted [2] into > the Apache incubator" to use my XMLHttpRequest.js library (available at the > http://code.google.com/p/xmlhttprequest/ and currently licensed under > LGPL) with the ASL license. > > BTW, you may be interested in looking into another project I recently > started - Ample SDK, Open-Source JavaScript GUI Framework > http://www.amplesdk.com There are already several businesses using it for > their benefit! > > Sergey/ > > > > > On 6 October 2010 18:10, Dan Haywood <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Sergey, >> I came across your XMLHttpRequest a while back while writing my book [1] >> on the Java Naked Objects framework (perhaps you've heard of it, but then >> again, perhaps not) and incorporated it into some companion "sister" project >> to expose a RESTful interface to an NO domain model. >> >> Fast forward a year, and we've had the NO framework and my sister projects >> accepted [2] into the Apache incubator. >> >> Anyway... one of the requirements for Apache is that all dependencies must >> be ASL or equivalent. I see that you've changed the license on >> XMLHttpRequest from GPL to LGPL, but LGPL doesn't quite cut-it for Apache. >> >> So, my question is... would you be willing to further change your license >> from LGPL to ASL? Otherwise I guess I'll need to reimplement, but it's a >> shame to do so given such a good piece of work is already out there. >> >> Many thanks, >> Dan Haywood >> >> [1] http://pragprog.com/titles/dhnako >> [2] http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/IsisProposal. >> >> -- >> Dan Haywood consultant, mentor, developer, author agile, ddd, oo, >> java, .net, sybase MA, MBCS, CITP, CEng *mail: * >> [email protected] *book: *Domain Driven Design using Naked >> Objects <http://pragprog.com/titles/dhnako> *blog: * >> http://danhaywood.com *linked in: *http://uk.linkedin.com/in/dkhaywood >> *twitter: *http://twitter.com/dkhaywood *sybase: * >> http://sybtraining.co.uk >> > >
