This classifies as a system dependency. It doesn't need to go in the license, but also can't be packaged by our packaging specs (of whatever type). Our packaging can set it as a dependency.
It should also be documented as a requirement in the appropriate section of the README. - chip Sent from my iPhone. On Oct 21, 2012, at 2:47 AM, prasanna <srivatsav.prasa...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 21 October 2012 05:50, David Nalley <da...@gnsa.us> wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@citrix.com> wrote: >>> Hi David, I think there should not be any issues. It's a runtime dependency >>> just like pymysql and obtainable from cheeseshop/pypi using >>> pip/easy_install and while building/installing/running marvin >>> (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/mysql-connector-python). It's the same case >>> with other deps like nose, unittest-xml-reporting etc. >>> >>> I think it should be used as it's developed and maintained by the MySQL >>> server people and there is nothing we're introducing. >>> mysql-connector-python and MySQL server are both released under GPLv2, >>> pymysql have their own license: >>> https://github.com/petehunt/PyMySQL/blob/master/LICENSE >> >> >> So there are a number of potential problems - GPL/LGPL/copyleft >> dependencies can be problematic and even forbidden. Moreover it may >> inject requirements on us to report it in NOTICE or LICENSE. >> See Chips note about an earlier problem around this: >> http://markmail.org/message/huevw4ur73a64b5c >> >> We _HAVE_ to handle this on an ongoing basis, an audit after the fact >> is too expensive in terms of time and effort. If anyone >> adds/subtracts/changes a dependency, we need to discuss it, verify >> that we can use it, and document it. > > Hi David, > > mysql-connector-python is nothing but a cousin to mysql-connector-java > that we earlier had resolved licensing issues with. Aside from the > reason for changing the connector I didn't see a problem in having > this as a runtime dependency since the FOSS exception added to all > mysql -server/client/connector projects as noted below: > > http://www.mysql.com/about/legal/licensing/foss-exception/ > > allows Apache projects to include these connectors. It should probably > be more acceptable than pymysql that wasn't licensed conveniently like > this. > > If there are any follow-ups / tasks / release notes to be taken up to > allow its inclusion, please let me know. I will take those up. > > Sorry for not bringing this earlier to the lists. But in my haste to > fix the issue I forget to take guidance on the licensing and legal > problems that you guys tirelessly worked out earlier. > > No other harm intended. > > > -- > Prasanna., >
