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Posted to dev@jmeter.apache.org by Anthony Johnson <an...@gmail.com> on 2012/08/22 04:33:19 UTC
SNMP Sampler
Hey Guys,
My current company developed a SNMP Sampler w/RRD Graph Listener
for JMeter and I am working to get permission to contribute this code.
I'm a bit worried about licenses as we depend on 3 libraries:
SNMP4J - Apache:-)
Mibble - GPL
JRobin - LGPL
Thoughts?!?
Thanks,
Anthony
Re: SNMP Sampler
Posted by sebb <se...@gmail.com>.
On 22 August 2012 16:01, Anthony Johnson <an...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Guys,
> Thanks for the response. How would dual licensing work...
>
> -- Do I simply need to contact the authors and get a special license.
AIUI the license would need to be available to all, not just Apache JMeter.
> -- If they give some sort of special license for JMeter Usage, does it
> need to be done in some way to avoid being sued?
>
> I'm not worried so much about the Mibble library because I can
> re-write/find a replacement. The JRobin stuff is a re-write of
> RRDTool in Java which might be hard to find a replacement for.
As far as I can tell, JRobin is used for reporting, so is it essential
to the SNMP sampling?
JMeter could be used to create SNMP sample logs which are then
analysed separately.
Although JMeter has reporting features, its prime focus is on load and
functional testing.
> Thanks again,
>
> Anthony
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 4:31 AM, Immanuel Hayden
> <im...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> PS: mibble up to version 2.3 is actually GPL with linking exception
>> (in their own terms "essentially LGPL") ... maybe this helps if there
>> is no suitable alternative.
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Immanuel Hayden
>> <im...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> GPL is a problem obviously, as it requires that even the project you
>>> use it in (no matter how) is GPL-compatible.
>>> LGPL does not have this restriction, so as long as we only link
>>> against the library and don't include modified sources (which is I
>>> think what the linked article refers to), we should be dandy ;)
>>>
>>> anyhow, if there are Apache-license equivalents it would obviously be
>>> better (maybe the authors can be persuaded to do some dual licensing?)
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Milamber <mi...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, GPL or LGPL products cannot be included in a Apache Licence product
>>>> http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x
>>>>
>>>> Milamber
>>>>
>>>> Le 22/08/2012 03:33, Anthony Johnson a ecrit :
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey Guys,
>>>>> My current company developed a SNMP Sampler w/RRD Graph Listener
>>>>> for JMeter and I am working to get permission to contribute this code.
>>>>> I'm a bit worried about licenses as we depend on 3 libraries:
>>>>>
>>>>> SNMP4J - Apache:-)
>>>>> Mibble - GPL
>>>>> JRobin - LGPL
>>>>>
>>>>> Thoughts?!?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Anthony
>>>>>
>>>>
Re: SNMP Sampler
Posted by Anthony Johnson <an...@gmail.com>.
Hey Guys,
Thanks for the response. How would dual licensing work...
-- Do I simply need to contact the authors and get a special license.
-- If they give some sort of special license for JMeter Usage, does it
need to be done in some way to avoid being sued?
I'm not worried so much about the Mibble library because I can
re-write/find a replacement. The JRobin stuff is a re-write of
RRDTool in Java which might be hard to find a replacement for.
Thanks again,
Anthony
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 4:31 AM, Immanuel Hayden
<im...@gmail.com> wrote:
> PS: mibble up to version 2.3 is actually GPL with linking exception
> (in their own terms "essentially LGPL") ... maybe this helps if there
> is no suitable alternative.
>
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Immanuel Hayden
> <im...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> GPL is a problem obviously, as it requires that even the project you
>> use it in (no matter how) is GPL-compatible.
>> LGPL does not have this restriction, so as long as we only link
>> against the library and don't include modified sources (which is I
>> think what the linked article refers to), we should be dandy ;)
>>
>> anyhow, if there are Apache-license equivalents it would obviously be
>> better (maybe the authors can be persuaded to do some dual licensing?)
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Milamber <mi...@apache.org> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Sorry, GPL or LGPL products cannot be included in a Apache Licence product
>>> http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x
>>>
>>> Milamber
>>>
>>> Le 22/08/2012 03:33, Anthony Johnson a ecrit :
>>>>
>>>> Hey Guys,
>>>> My current company developed a SNMP Sampler w/RRD Graph Listener
>>>> for JMeter and I am working to get permission to contribute this code.
>>>> I'm a bit worried about licenses as we depend on 3 libraries:
>>>>
>>>> SNMP4J - Apache:-)
>>>> Mibble - GPL
>>>> JRobin - LGPL
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts?!?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Anthony
>>>>
>>>
Re: SNMP Sampler
Posted by Immanuel Hayden <im...@gmail.com>.
PS: mibble up to version 2.3 is actually GPL with linking exception
(in their own terms "essentially LGPL") ... maybe this helps if there
is no suitable alternative.
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Immanuel Hayden
<im...@gmail.com> wrote:
> GPL is a problem obviously, as it requires that even the project you
> use it in (no matter how) is GPL-compatible.
> LGPL does not have this restriction, so as long as we only link
> against the library and don't include modified sources (which is I
> think what the linked article refers to), we should be dandy ;)
>
> anyhow, if there are Apache-license equivalents it would obviously be
> better (maybe the authors can be persuaded to do some dual licensing?)
>
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Milamber <mi...@apache.org> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Sorry, GPL or LGPL products cannot be included in a Apache Licence product
>> http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x
>>
>> Milamber
>>
>> Le 22/08/2012 03:33, Anthony Johnson a ecrit :
>>>
>>> Hey Guys,
>>> My current company developed a SNMP Sampler w/RRD Graph Listener
>>> for JMeter and I am working to get permission to contribute this code.
>>> I'm a bit worried about licenses as we depend on 3 libraries:
>>>
>>> SNMP4J - Apache:-)
>>> Mibble - GPL
>>> JRobin - LGPL
>>>
>>> Thoughts?!?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Anthony
>>>
>>
Re: SNMP Sampler
Posted by Immanuel Hayden <im...@gmail.com>.
GPL is a problem obviously, as it requires that even the project you
use it in (no matter how) is GPL-compatible.
LGPL does not have this restriction, so as long as we only link
against the library and don't include modified sources (which is I
think what the linked article refers to), we should be dandy ;)
anyhow, if there are Apache-license equivalents it would obviously be
better (maybe the authors can be persuaded to do some dual licensing?)
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Milamber <mi...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Sorry, GPL or LGPL products cannot be included in a Apache Licence product
> http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x
>
> Milamber
>
> Le 22/08/2012 03:33, Anthony Johnson a ecrit :
>>
>> Hey Guys,
>> My current company developed a SNMP Sampler w/RRD Graph Listener
>> for JMeter and I am working to get permission to contribute this code.
>> I'm a bit worried about licenses as we depend on 3 libraries:
>>
>> SNMP4J - Apache:-)
>> Mibble - GPL
>> JRobin - LGPL
>>
>> Thoughts?!?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>
Re: SNMP Sampler
Posted by Milamber <mi...@apache.org>.
Hello,
Sorry, GPL or LGPL products cannot be included in a Apache Licence product
http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x
Milamber
Le 22/08/2012 03:33, Anthony Johnson a ecrit :
> Hey Guys,
> My current company developed a SNMP Sampler w/RRD Graph Listener
> for JMeter and I am working to get permission to contribute this code.
> I'm a bit worried about licenses as we depend on 3 libraries:
>
> SNMP4J - Apache:-)
> Mibble - GPL
> JRobin - LGPL
>
> Thoughts?!?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Anthony
>