[jira] [Created] (NETBEANS-5552) lib-clank unknown license

["Antonio Vieiro (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Antonio Vieiro created NETBEANS-5552:
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             Summary: lib-clank unknown license
                 Key: NETBEANS-5552
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-5552
             Project: NetBeans
          Issue Type: Sub-task
            Reporter: Antonio Vieiro


Clank: Java-port of C/C++ compiler frontend is a "the Java port of native Clang. The goal was to get the Java code as close to the original C++ code of Clang as possible:" (quoting [https://llvm.org/devmtg/2017-03//2017/02/20/accepted-sessions.html#5] ).

The source code seems to be available here:

[https://github.com/java-port/clank]

But it has no clear license. This is used in module cnd/lib.clank but without a clear license it seems this module cannot be used in Apache NetBeans.

Possible steps forward:
 * Disable libs.clang and cnd.model.jclank.bridge, removing them from the cnd cluster (unknown consequences)
 * Contact authors and ask for permission for the code to be donated to the Apache Software Foundation. Note that this is a very complex code that may need a considerable amount of work. Also uses llvm3.9 which is probably very old nowadays and should be upgraded. The clank zip file contains many different .jar files.
 * Understand what functionality is provided by this module and seek for alternate implementations (clangd / libclang / others).

 

 



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