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[jira] [Comment Edited] (LEGAL-153) May I use a GPL 2.0-licensed
Java library in my unit tests?
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-153?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13549039#comment-13549039 ]
Ralph Goers edited comment on LEGAL-153 at 1/9/13 9:39 PM:
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These answers seem to me to be at odds with other issues such as LEGAL-19, LEGAL-23 &LEGAL-58 where a clear distinction between tools used during the build is made vs dependencies of the end result of the build.
>From my understanding of these previous answers as well as answers regarding tools such as GNU make, using a GPL tool during the build is fine.
was (Author: ralph.goers@dslextreme.com):
These answers seem to me to be at odds with other issues such as LEGAL-19, LEGAL-23 &LEGAL-58 where a clear distinction between tools using during the build is made vs dependencies of the end result of the build.
>From my understanding of these previous answers as well as answers regarding tools such as GNU make, using a GPL tool during the build is fine.
> May I use a GPL 2.0-licensed Java library in my unit tests?
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> Key: LEGAL-153
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-153
> Project: Legal Discuss
> Issue Type: Question
> Reporter: Philip Harvey
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> I am a Qpid committer.
> I have read the Previously Asked Questions at http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html but am still unsure about my intended usage of a Java library.
> I am considering using a library called ClasspathSuite (http://johanneslink.net/projects/cpsuite.jsp) in the Qpid automated test suite. It provides convenient functionality to search for tests matching certain criteria.
> ClasspathSuite is GPL 2.0 licensed.
> It will be used when compiling and running tests. Depending on technical questions that are not yet finalised, it will either be:
> 1. Committed to the Qpid Subversion repo, or
> 2. automatically downloaded from a Maven repository at build time by our build script.
> I am not intending to distribute ClasspathSuite with Qpid releases.
> I would like to know if my intended usage would be permitted.
> Thanks,
> Phil
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