[jira] [Updated] (LEGAL-340) Is weak copyleft (MPL, CDDL) compatible with shading?

["Henri Yandell (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-340?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Henri Yandell updated LEGAL-340:
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    Component/s: Website Change

> Is weak copyleft (MPL, CDDL) compatible with shading?
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>                 Key: LEGAL-340
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-340
>             Project: Legal Discuss
>          Issue Type: Question
>          Components: Website Change
>            Reporter: Stephan Ewen
>            Priority: Major
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> The general idea behind most weak copyleft licenses (like MPL, CDDL, etc) is that one can link (or dynamically link) the binary artifacts, but any use and modification of the source code triggers the copyleft clauses.
> I am wondering how that relates to building fat jars and especially to shading and relocation of classes, as done by the Maven Shade Plugin.
> This could be viewed as more than linking - it is in some sense a change of the binary artifacts, even though it does not change any functionality/behavior or create any new behavior, but simply changes the namespace of the artifact (or parts of it).
> Is there any definitive statement on the situation? Having such a statement would also be very interesting also for downstream consumers of ASF projects, when they vet the project.



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