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Posted to common-dev@hadoop.apache.org by stack <st...@duboce.net> on 2008/04/16 06:46:43 UTC
licensing question
Can HBase include CPL licensed code? License seems fine (though I'm not
a lawyer) and junit used to be in Hadoop and its CPL. But back in 2004,
emails from Bryan Behlendorf would seem to rule out anything but Apache
licenses been distributed off Apache servers:
http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:QADktypdUA8J:mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/jakarta-jmeter-dev/200403.mbox/%253C20040310031124.76044.qmail%40web13305.mail.yahoo.com%253E+cpl+and+apache+license&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us&client=firefox-a
Thanks,
St.Ack
Re: licensing question
Posted by stack <st...@duboce.net>.
Thanks for the opinion Owen (and thanks for the resource Nigel).
St.Ack
Owen O'Malley wrote:
>
> On Apr 16, 2008, at 8:10 AM, stack wrote:
>
>> stack wrote:
>>> Can HBase include CPL licensed code? License seems fine (though I'm
>>> not a lawyer) and junit used to be in Hadoop and its CPL.
>>
>> Above statement about junit is a little off; hadoop currently bundles
>> junit. Has the jar under lib and then a junit-X.X.X-LICENSE.txt file
>> beside it w/ the CPL text. If HBase were bundling a CPL jar, any
>> objections to our doing likewise?
>
> Ok, my take based on reading the 3party.html is that CPL is ok, as
> long as:
> 1. it is only distributed in binary form.
> 2. Putting the license beside the jar seems like a good practice.
> 3. We should also include a notice in the project's NOTICE.txt that
> says where to get the source code for the jar.
>
> -- Owen
Re: licensing question
Posted by Owen O'Malley <oo...@yahoo-inc.com>.
On Apr 16, 2008, at 8:10 AM, stack wrote:
> stack wrote:
>> Can HBase include CPL licensed code? License seems fine (though
>> I'm not a lawyer) and junit used to be in Hadoop and its CPL.
>
> Above statement about junit is a little off; hadoop currently
> bundles junit. Has the jar under lib and then a junit-X.X.X-
> LICENSE.txt file beside it w/ the CPL text. If HBase were bundling
> a CPL jar, any objections to our doing likewise?
Ok, my take based on reading the 3party.html is that CPL is ok, as
long as:
1. it is only distributed in binary form.
2. Putting the license beside the jar seems like a good practice.
3. We should also include a notice in the project's NOTICE.txt
that says where to get the source code for the jar.
-- Owen
Re: licensing question
Posted by stack <st...@duboce.net>.
stack wrote:
> Can HBase include CPL licensed code? License seems fine (though I'm
> not a lawyer) and junit used to be in Hadoop and its CPL.
Above statement about junit is a little off; hadoop currently bundles
junit. Has the jar under lib and then a junit-X.X.X-LICENSE.txt file
beside it w/ the CPL text. If HBase were bundling a CPL jar, any
objections to our doing likewise?
Thanks,
St.Ack
Re: licensing question
Posted by Nigel Daley <nd...@yahoo-inc.com>.
Take a look here:
http://people.apache.org/~rubys/3party.html
Cheers,
Nige
On Apr 15, 2008, at 9:46 PM, stack wrote:
> Can HBase include CPL licensed code? License seems fine (though
> I'm not a lawyer) and junit used to be in Hadoop and its CPL. But
> back in 2004, emails from Bryan Behlendorf would seem to rule out
> anything but Apache licenses been distributed off Apache servers:
> http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:QADktypdUA8J:mail-
> archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/jakarta-jmeter-dev/200403.mbox/%
> 253C20040310031124.76044.qmail%40web13305.mail.yahoo.com%253E+cpl
> +and+apache+license&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us&client=firefox-a
>
> Thanks,
> St.Ack