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[jira] [Commented] (LEGAL-572) Is an ASF project allowed to depend
on Python chardet (LGPL 2.1)
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-572?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=17341547#comment-17341547 ]
Daniel Gruno commented on LEGAL-572:
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FWIW, since I have an interest in this as well, PSF came to the conclusion that it is permissible, as per
[https://github.com/psf/requests/issues/3389#issuecomment-396642172]
If the library/module is used as an external library and not modified or distributed with the project, it seems LGPL 2.1 ยง5 allows for it without requiring relicensing.
But IANAL :)
> Is an ASF project allowed to depend on Python chardet (LGPL 2.1)
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>
> Key: LEGAL-572
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-572
> Project: Legal Discuss
> Issue Type: Question
> Reporter: Sebb
> Priority: Major
>
> The Python module chardet is licensed under LGPL 2.1 [1].
> A project is licensed under AL 2.0 can have an optional dependency on it [2], but
> can it depend unconditionally on the module?
> I have been told that this is covered by the section [3], but this appears to contradict [2].
> [1] https://github.com/chardet/chardet
> [2] https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#optional
> [3] https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#prohibited
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