>> yes, and my point is that if there is any question in your guys minds >> on if it is allowed or not that is an issue for apache legal (via >> jira) for a definitive answer >> >> > > so.. if you have a question for them.. go ping them.. no need anyone else to > paraphrase it.. just go ahead and ask. >
I think I was misunderstood, if so I am sorry... to me this thread originates from developers of cassandra not clear on what they can and can't do for distribution for cassandra releases (or at least what they would need to do) and soliciting feedback on what users want. my feedback as a user of cassandra was that I think the idea of having to install ant and use ivy to make a cassandra distribution usable is hinky at best my feedback as an apache committer and having dealt with a mess of this licensing goop was that if the developers of cassandra have any questions on what they can and can't do then they need to ask apache legal fwiw, I think Erik is completely correct in his thinking that they aren't able to redistribute the ivy-retrieve goop without declaring it. its not like you could use gpl dependencies and just call it good by running ant to download it after you installed your app and before it was run. I am sure some of the dependencies in question are required to operate since I have had to bring them in to run cassandra embedded...so I don't even know that the release process currently in place is allowed but that is the PMC's responsibility to make sure they follow apache policy, if they feel they are, great! cheers! jesse
