[jira] [Closed] (LEGAL-572) Is an ASF project allowed to depend on Python chardet (LGPL 2.1)

["Roman Shaposhnik (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-572?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Roman Shaposhnik closed LEGAL-572.
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    Resolution: Fixed

> 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
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> 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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