Monty Taylor wrote: > On 03/20/2014 01:30 AM, Radcliffe, Mark wrote: >> The problem with AGPL is that the scope is very uncertain and the >> determination of the consequences are very fact intensive. I was the >> chair of the User Committee in developing the GPLv3 and I am therefor >> quite familiar with the legal issues. The incorporation of AGPLv3 >> code Into OpenStack Project is a significant decision and should not >> be made without input from the Foundation. At a minimum, the >> inclusion of APLv3 code means that the OpenStack Project is no longer >> solely an Apache v2 licensed project because AGPLv3 code cannot be >> licensed under Apache v. 2 License. Moreover, the inclusion of such >> code is inconsistent with the current CLA provisions. >> >> This code can be included but it is an important decision that should >> be made carefully. > > I agree - but in this case, I think that we're not talking about > including AGPL code in OpenStack as much as we are talking about using > an Apache2 driver that would talk to a server that is AGPL ... if the > deployer chooses to install the AGPL software. I don't think we're > suggesting that downloading or installing openstack itself would involve > downloading or installing AGPL code.
Yes, the issue here is more... a large number of people want to stay away from AGPL. Should the TC consider adding to the OpenStack integrated release a component that requires AGPL software to be installed alongside it ? It's not really a legal issue (hence me stopping the legal-issues cross-posting). This was identified early on as a concern with Marconi and the SQLA support was added to counter that concern. The question then becomes, how usable this SQLA option actually is ? If it's sluggish, unusable in production or if it doesn't fully support the proposed Marconi API, then I think we still have that concern. -- Thierry Carrez (ttx) _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev