[jira] [Created] (LEGAL-220) Python script that imports LGPL

["Alejandro Fernandez (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Alejandro Fernandez created LEGAL-220:
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             Summary: Python script that imports LGPL
                 Key: LEGAL-220
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-220
             Project: Legal Discuss
          Issue Type: Question
            Reporter: Alejandro Fernandez


To whom it may concern,

I'm developing a standalone utility that's a single Python file that connects to the MySQL database used by Apache Ambari.
My python script imports PyMySQL module at run-time, which is licensed under LGPL.

This means that a customer running this utility would have to install the PyMySQL library themselves, and then run my script.

Can my script be shipped with Apache Ambari under ASF v2 license?

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI-12455
https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12747062/ru_magician.py

I've read [http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html] "WHICH LICENSES MAY NOT BE INCLUDED WITHIN APACHE PRODUCTS?", but it isn't clear since I'm not actually including the LGPL library in my source code, but importing it at run-time.

Further, PyMySQL module was meant to replace MySQLdb because the latter was GPL.

Please advise, thank you.



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