My experience is that the best way to communicate with legal is to open a ticket on their JIRA project. Otherwise, you are at risk of having your ears singed off.
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Dan Haywood <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for this, Benson, and may take it you up on it. Mark suggested > running by [email protected] first, otherwise I may very well want to take you up > on this offer. > > Cheers > Dan > > > > On 06/10/2010 19:59, Benson Margulies wrote: > > 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 >>> >> >> >
