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Posted to legal-discuss@apache.org by "Sam Ruby (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org> on 2011/03/08 15:15:03 UTC
[jira] Commented: (LEGAL-89) Can an Apache release have a
dependency on classes that are in OpenJDK 7 under GPLv2 with the classpath
exception?
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-89?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13003952#comment-13003952 ]
Sam Ruby commented on LEGAL-89:
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I have no concerns.
> Can an Apache release have a dependency on classes that are in OpenJDK 7 under GPLv2 with the classpath exception?
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> Key: LEGAL-89
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-89
> Project: Legal Discuss
> Issue Type: Question
> Reporter: Kathey Marsden
>
> The Derby community is getting ready to cut a release candidate for our 10.8
> release which includes implementations of JDBC 4.1 methods generally described
> in the document JDBC-4.1_Changes.html attached to DERBY-4869.
> The full specification as I understand it is in the form of javadoc API
> checked into OpenJDK 7 codeline. The licensing for OpenJDK is outlined here:
> http://openjdk.java.net/legal/.
> Contrary to previous JDBC spec releases, there does not seem to be a separate generally available pdf describing the changes. The changes are outlined within the source code in javadoc as part of JSR336 Java SE 7 with spec license terms are outlined in section 2.1.18 at http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=336. Note Derby as implementing a JDBC driver is not implementing a JSR, only referencing one.
> The Derby code changes associated with DERBY-4869 were contributed by an Oracle employee and Derby committer and PMC member Rick Hillegas and all have the grant Apache ASL v2 box marked. Knut Anders Hatlen (also from Oracle) looked at the classes in the java.sql and java.sqlx Classes and verified that they all are GPL2 with the classpath exception. Is there reason for legal concern, license, patent or other with releasing
> Derby 10.8 with JDBC 4.1?
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