I'll ask the author. -- Mark Bennett / New Idea Engineering, Inc. / mbenn...@ideaeng.com Direct: 408-733-0387 / Main: 866-IDEA-ENG / Cell: 408-829-6513
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Robert Muir <rcm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Mark, > > I think apache 2.0 would be easiest. But I think BSD also works. > Its a little strange Sen is LGPL when the underlying dictionaries, chasen, > mecab (what it was ported from), all BSD/bsd-like. > or they are multi-licensed with BSD being one of them. > > I also agree and hear you about how the glue code is broken, but in my > opinion if the sen + glue code could be imported into lucene > under one package, it would be easiest to maintain. this way it wouldn't > become broken again. > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Mark Bennett <mbenn...@ideaeng.com> wrote: > > > Hi Robert, > > > > Thank you for helping sort through this, and for the Wiki link. > > > > A few thoughts here: > > > > 1: I think the author will change the license if I ask, he's been very > > supportive (though seems to be working on other things these days). > > > > If you ran the Universe, which specific license would you like to see > > SEN converted to? > > To me the BSD license is the nicest, as I perceive it as having the > > fewest restrictions. > > > > > 2: It's the glue layer that is currently broken (and under the correct > > license). > > The revised code needs a good home. > > > > > Although I'd like to eventually get core SEN in here, it is not > > currently broken. > > The unmodified ZIP can bed downloaded as-is and used (albeit with a > > couple manual steps) > > > > I guess an analogy: > > I might want to use an open source JDBC driver to access a commercial > > database. > > But the commercial database itself is not open source. > > > > 3: The source dictionaries are under yet another license, BUT they are > > downloaded by build.xml > > and not shipped with either ZIP file. > > > > I'm surprised that GPL and LGPL are incompatible with these the Lucene > > projects. Is there any discussion between the two camps to address this? > > Seems like we're all "on the same side". Open Source License > > Incompatibility Issues, hm... > > > > -- > > Mark Bennett / New Idea Engineering, Inc. / mbenn...@ideaeng.com > > Direct: 408-733-0387 / Main: 866-IDEA-ENG / Cell: 408-829-6513 > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Robert Muir <rcm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Mark, I think my concern is that Sen itself is LGPL ( > > > https://sen.dev.java.net/). > > > > > > this lucene-ja is just a lucene interface to this LGPL library. > > > > > > I think this dependency might be a problem, but I am not the expert: > > > http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-a > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Mark Bennett <mbenn...@ideaeng.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello Robert, > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Robert Muir <rcm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Mark, has there been any change to the LGPL dependency? > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Mark Bennett <mbenn...@ideaeng.com > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The only code I'm modifying at the moment is the lucene-ja section, > > which > > > > is > > > > the integration between core SEN and Lucene. > > > > > > > > This is a sample at the top of one of the lucene-ja files. Would > these > > > > need > > > > to be changed? If so, believe the author would. > > > > > > > > /** > > > > * Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation > > > > * > > > > * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); > > > > * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. > > > > * You may obtain a copy of the License at > > > > * > > > > * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 > > > > * > > > > * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, > software > > > > * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, > > > > * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or > > > implied. > > > > * See the License for the specific language governing permissions > and > > > > * limitations under the License. > > > > */ > > > > > > > > The SEN library is LGPL, though I can't find file I got that from at > > the > > > > moment. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Robert Muir > > > rcm...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > -- > Robert Muir > rcm...@gmail.com >
