I think the problem is to add the dependency "org.sap/sap-jco/x.y.z" to an ASF maven repository. Without it, we cannot build this component. Because of this, I see no way to host this component at camel-extra. :-(
Best, Christian On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Christian Müller < christian.muel...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 > This will make a few things easier for us and for our users. > Of course, we can host this component in camel-extra on googlecode, but we > often ignore/forget these components (the last version is 2.8.0). And I > think many of our users don't know that we also host some components > because of license reasons on camel-extra. > > I will checkout the code from github and play with it a bit... > > @Björn: If you are the owner of this contribution, could you please open a > JIRA for this new component and attach it (don't forget to grant the Apache > license). Than we could put it into camel-extra and start to work to > improve this component. And if Hibersap is licensed with a compatible > license, we can move it into our repo at Apache. > > Best, > Christian > > 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 >> > >> >> >
