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PJ Fanning updated KARAF-7976:
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Description:
The ASF does not allow Apache projects to use GPL code.
https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html
Here is one example but there are other classes in your karaf repo that appear
to be copies of Java built-in javax.xml classes. Those javax.xml classes are
GPL licensed regardless of what header you have put on them - unless someone
from Oracle has granted to them to your project so that you can change the
license.
https://github.com/apache/karaf/blob/fa669fb5a54b045b486a312fd4e43bda53c8b7d0/specs/java.xml/src/main/java/javax/xml/parsers/SAXParserFactory.java
The original file with its GPL license header.
https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/5e40fb6bda1d56e3eba584b49aa0b68096b34169/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/parsers/SAXParserFactory.java
I've seen some of these javax classes appear in standalone jars like stax-api
and those are often dual licensed, eg CDDL and GPL. CDDL is still Category B so
we wouldn't be able to include source with that license either.
I would appreciate if someone could review this soon. I will bring this to the
attention of the ASF Legal team if we need to get more clarification. There may
be a reason to allow you to have this source code but could you share it here?
was:
The ASF does not allow Apache projects to use GPL code.
https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html
Here is one example but there are other classes in your karaf repo that appear
to be copies of Java built-in javax.xml classes. Those javax.xml classes are
GPL licensed regardless of what header you have put on them - unless someone
from Oracle has granted to them to your project so that you can change the
license.
https://github.com/apache/karaf/blob/fa669fb5a54b045b486a312fd4e43bda53c8b7d0/specs/java.xml/src/main/java/javax/xml/parsers/SAXParserFactory.java
The original file with its GPL license header.
https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/5e40fb6bda1d56e3eba584b49aa0b68096b34169/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/parsers/SAXParserFactory.java
I would appreciate if someone could review this soon. I will bring this to the
attention of the ASF Legal team in a few weeks. There may be a reason to allow
you to have this source code but could you share it here?
> Karaf appears to include GPL licensed code
> ------------------------------------------
>
> Key: KARAF-7976
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KARAF-7976
> Project: Karaf
> Issue Type: Task
> Reporter: PJ Fanning
> Priority: Major
>
> The ASF does not allow Apache projects to use GPL code.
> https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html
> Here is one example but there are other classes in your karaf repo that
> appear to be copies of Java built-in javax.xml classes. Those javax.xml
> classes are GPL licensed regardless of what header you have put on them -
> unless someone from Oracle has granted to them to your project so that you
> can change the license.
> https://github.com/apache/karaf/blob/fa669fb5a54b045b486a312fd4e43bda53c8b7d0/specs/java.xml/src/main/java/javax/xml/parsers/SAXParserFactory.java
> The original file with its GPL license header.
> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/5e40fb6bda1d56e3eba584b49aa0b68096b34169/src/java.xml/share/classes/javax/xml/parsers/SAXParserFactory.java
> I've seen some of these javax classes appear in standalone jars like stax-api
> and those are often dual licensed, eg CDDL and GPL. CDDL is still Category B
> so we wouldn't be able to include source with that license either.
> I would appreciate if someone could review this soon. I will bring this to
> the attention of the ASF Legal team if we need to get more clarification.
> There may be a reason to allow you to have this source code but could you
> share it here?
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