EJB-Verifier: Submit code under GNU Lesser General Public License

[Maurice le Rutte <mp...@oce.nl>]

I've coded an optional task 'verifier' that uses JBoss's verifier tool to
check if ejb jar files are specificiation compliant.

However, the code is largely based on their code wich is licensed as LGPL.
Can I still submit this code to the Apache project or does it bite with the
Apache license?

Maurice.

Re: EJB-Verifier: Submit code under GNU Lesser General Public License

[Peter Donald <do...@apache.org>]

On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 20:52, Maurice le Rutte wrote:
> I've coded an optional task 'verifier' that uses JBoss's verifier tool to
> check if ejb jar files are specificiation compliant.
>
> However, the code is largely based on their code wich is licensed as LGPL.
> Can I still submit this code to the Apache project or does it bite with the
> Apache license?

Maybe. If it is a derivative of LGPL code (which you suggest) then no. If it 
just uses LGPL code then it is fine. 

Cheers,

Pete

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Re: EJB-Verifier: Submit code under GNU Lesser General Public License

[Stefan Bodewig <bo...@apache.org>]

On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Maurice le Rutte <mp...@oce.nl> wrote:

> I've coded an optional task 'verifier' that uses JBoss's verifier
> tool to check if ejb jar files are specificiation compliant.

So maybe jBoss along with the verifier itself would be the better home
for the task anyway?

> However, the code is largely based on their code wich is licensed as
> LGPL.Can I still submit this code to the Apache project or does it
> bite with the Apache license?

Depends upon the lawyer you ask, sorry.

Stefan