On Oct 26, 2007, at 8:50 PM, Thomas Bernhard wrote:
>> Well, until then it is most definitely a problem.
>>
> Well, I don't understand why Apache is so picky about this entire LGPL
> thing, considering that in most cases such libraries will be only
> used, not
> changed.
We are an Apache project so we do follow the licensing policy of the
Foundation.
At the high level, the goal of this policy is rather simple - to only
distribute software that is compatible with a certain "BSD'ish" open
source license style. Why any given license is deemed compatible or
not is a separate story, and I'd rather avoid arguing about it here
(there is a legal-discuss list where that would be more appropriate).
> And if even SUN (or others that use this library) don't care:here's
> a quote from the AppFramework list:
They don't care because they own the code all the way and only they
can change the license. This is the difference between Sun and us in
this case.
I do regret that we can't use this framework until Java 7 (from the
first glance it seems nice), but well... we can't.
Andrus
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