Stefan, how do you read their licensing: http://www.db4o.com/about/company/legalpolicies/docl.aspx By your reading is it possible to include this in our repo to keep everything together? or would this have to be outside the ASF?
---------------------------------------- > From: geobmx...@hotmail.com > To: lucene-net-dev@lucene.apache.org > Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:33:21 -0700 > Subject: RE: [Lucene.Net] Creating a ASF fork of Sharpen under a dOCL license > > > > > > > > I haven't followed the discussion as to why you think a fork is > > > necessary. Do you think they'd understand your reasons and agree the > > > fork is a good idea? > > > > Alex reached out to them. They said they are open to accepting patches, > however their repo and response times that Alex could see were extremely > slow. Further, it's likely we will want to do more Lucene Java -> .Net > specific work that they might decide doesn't fit will with their overall > goals. > > I think at the end of the day, I feel (others maybe agree), that it's easier > to just fork it at the start than attempt to give them patches and worry > about lag time or rejection. > > > > Even if they did, the Apache Software License is the only one that could > > be used for the fork if it was to be developed inside the ASF repo. > > > > Completely understood - I *think* that is possible. Obviously if it's not, we > have to do it else where > > There's back converation on the JIRA > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENENET-380 > > ~Prescott
