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[Jakarta Wiki] Updated: LicenceIssues
Date: 2004-10-06T20:31:53
Editor: HenriYandell <ba...@apache.org>
Wiki: Jakarta Wiki
Page: LicenceIssues
URL: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta/LicenceIssues
should point out the CPL is just from a comment from a board member
Change Log:
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|| MIT || Yes || ||
|| GPL || No || ||
|| LGPL || No || The LGPL's intent is that it could be usable, but the legalese is too poor ||
- || IBM CPL || No || A new licence may depend on both CPL and ASL, but ASL cannot depend on CPL ||
+ || IBM CPL || No || A new licence may depend on both CPL and ASL, but ASL cannot depend on CPL (needs confirmation) ||
To clarify; a statement of not being ASL compatible means that we cannot contain such code in the ASF repositories, or import their classes into our code. We can provide a plugin mechanism by which LGPL'd plugins might be plugged into our code, though the configuration to do so should not be in the ASF repository.
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