The most important thing here is that the component is published, be it in camel-extra or in a separate project. Licensing has long prevented integration products to be as complete as they could. Thanks for sharing. On Jan 20, 2012 9:01 AM, "Björn Bength" <bjorn.ben...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think GPLv3 software may include Apache licensed software but not > the other way around. > however, I think it's ok to use 3 party librarys, but not including or > distributing with it. > > http://www.apache.org/legal/3party.html#transition > > LGPL > The LGPL v2.1 is ineligible from being a Category B license (a > category that includes the MPL, CPL, EPL, and CDDL) primarily due to > the restrictions it places on larger works, violating the third > license criterion. Therefore, LGPL v2.1-licensed works must not be > included in Apache products, although they may be listed as system > requirements or distributed elsewhere as optional works. > > Björn > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Erker, Carsten > <carsten.er...@akquinet.de> wrote: > > Hi Christian, > > > > yes, a colleague who is Apache member just explained it to me. > > > > We are discussing about switching to ASL 2.0 with the next version. > > > > Regards, > > Carsten > > > > > > > > Am 20.01.2012 um 10:36 schrieb Christian Schneider: > > > >> Hi Carsten, > >> > >> you migth want to take a look at the Apache license policies: > >> http://www.apache.org/legal/3party.html > >> > >> LGPL is listed as excluded so it may not be used as a dependency of an > apache product (as far as I understand). > >> I am not sure why it can´t be used but I guess some lawyer has helped > with that policy. > >> > >> Christian > >> > >> > >> Am 20.01.2012 09:27, schrieb cerker: > >>> Björn, thanks a lot for sharing your camel-hibersap component. I only > just > >>> started playing around with camel and liked it very much. Now there is > a > >>> good reason to take a deeper look. > >>> > >>> It's good to hear that Hibersap helped you with your project. > Regarding the > >>> license, I think there should be no problems to combine libraries that > are > >>> under the Apache license and ones under LGPL (at least in their current > >>> versions). We initially liked the idea of a copyleft license and LGPL > is the > >>> one most widely used. After all, I am not a lawyer and the big > disadvantage > >>> of LGPL is that nobody seems to fully understand it and things are > open to > >>> interpretation. Anyway, I'll have a talk with some people in my > company who > >>> have a deeper understanding of OS licenses and we'll rethink the > >>> licensing.... > >>> > >>> If you got any questions feel free to contact me via email or use the > >>> Hibersap forums or issue tracker on Sourceforge. > >>> > >>> Best Regards, > >>> Carsten > >>> (Founder of the Hibersap project) > >>> > >>> - > >> > >> -- > >> Christian Schneider > >> http://www.liquid-reality.de > >> > >> Open Source Architect > >> Talend Application Integration Division http://www.talend.com > >> > > >
