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Aldrin Piri resolved NIFI-1419.
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Resolution: Not A Problem
Verified to be okay by ASF legal
> Use of Snappy-Java questionable according to ASF licensing guidelines
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> Key: NIFI-1419
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-1419
> Project: Apache NiFi
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Extensions
> Reporter: Joseph Witt
> Assignee: Joseph Witt
>
> Apache NiFi presently uses (by transitive dependency) Xerial Snappy which is
> ASLv2 https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/blob/develop/LICENSE
> NiFi uses Snappy in at least the following places
> {quote}
> ./nar/extensions/nifi-avro-nar-0.4.2-SNAPSHOT.nar-unpacked/META-INF/bundled-dependencies/snappy-java-1.0.5.jar
> ./nar/extensions/nifi-hadoop-libraries-nar-0.4.2-SNAPSHOT.nar-unpacked/META-INF/bundled-dependencies/snappy-java-1.0.5.jar
> ./nar/extensions/nifi-hbase_1_1_2-client-service-nar-0.4.2-SNAPSHOT.nar-unpacked/META-INF/bundled-dependencies/snappy-java-1.0.5.jar
> ./nar/extensions/nifi-kafka-nar-0.4.2-SNAPSHOT.nar-unpacked/META-INF/bundled-dependencies/snappy-java-1.1.1.7.jar
> ./nar/extensions/nifi-standard-nar-0.4.2-SNAPSHOT.nar-unpacked/META-INF/bundled-dependencies/snappy-java-1.0.5.jar
> {quote}
> But the concern is that Java-Snappy's NOTICE
> https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/blob/develop/NOTICE indicates that it
> is comprised of statically linked software made available under the GNU
> Runtime Library Exception
> {quote}
> This library containd statically linked libstdc++. This inclusion is allowed
> by
> "GCC RUntime Library Exception"
> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/manual/license.html
> {quote}
> In reviewing the allowable licensing for Apache projects (which is an ASL
> interpretation of the valid ASLv2 licensing terms) found here
> http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x Specifically the
> language that suggests this is disallowed is
> {quote}
> Special exceptions to the GNU GPL
> Some copyright holders have licensed their works under the GPL with special
> exceptions. Although these exceptions may appear to be addressing the
> restrictions disallowed by the ASF's first and second license criteria, the
> exceptions may only apply to software not "derived from or based on" the
> covered work. This references terms defined in the GPL that include works
> that "use" or "contain" the work.
> {quote}
> It appears that this library, as it is coming in via transitive dependencies,
> is used by many ASF projects including Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, and Cassandra.
> We need to find out whether this is a problem which we must remedy and if so
> how best to do so given the connection it has to so many projects. There is
> a pure Java alternative which we will move to for one of our new interests in
> a direct support for Snappy compression but for these other libraries that
> use Xerials we should verify the situation.
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