Rajani, That is why we renamed nonoss to noredist. It has to do with the policy of the Apache Software Foundation regarding compatible licenses [1]. The problem in this case is subtle, but there is a difference. The main point in the discussion is so-called system dependencies. We know we need java, mysql and the mysql-connector-java to be installed before we can install our packages. This is what the dependency on mysql-connector-java in the spec file indicates. Creating a package containing those source is actually including the items we consider is going just a bit further and to a point where we concluded that it is not inline with the apache policies. So it is perfectly alright to include a popup in the installer that tells the users that he needs to install mysql, java etc, but we can’t have an installed in the source that will do that for the user as part of the installer.
What David proposes is a the middle ground where we can keep the installer in the configured like this in the pom, but it can’t be in that standard build, but only in the build that know we can’t redistribute (the noredist build). We will never make the artifacts resulting from that build available, but other entities can make them available. By specifying noredist on the build command we can be reasonably sure that the builder has been informed that distribution restrictions might apply on whatever it is he is doing. Cheers, Hugo [1] http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x On 8 jul. 2014, at 12:57, Rajani Karuturi <rajani.karut...@citrix.com> wrote: > I believe this has nothing to do with nonoss. If I understand it right, > nonoss modules are required for cloudstack to work with certain 3rd party > stuff. > > This one is just a helper to create a windows installer. It chose to use a > mvn command to create the installer instead of shell/bat script. It should > work with either nonoss or oss modules. > This is very similar to cloud.spec[1] we have which is used to create the rpm > and which already has mysql-connector-java already listed as required package. > > I think the right way would be to create independent git repos for > deb/rpm/windows installers/packages. > > In its current state, I don’t see it any different from other helper > installer scripts we already have. > > [1] > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cloudstack.git;a=blob_plain;f=packaging/centos63/cloud.spec;hb=HEAD > > ~Rajani > > > > On 08-Jul-2014, at 9:56 am, Damoder Reddy > <damoder.re...@citrix.com<mailto:damoder.re...@citrix.com>> wrote: > > Ok, > > To clarify the windows MSI will not build in the default profile. I have > enabled a new profile "buildw" to build windows MSI installer which > explicitly we need to pass similar to nonoss? > > Is that sufficient to make it nonoss or still we need to move it under nonoss > profile explicitly? > > Thanks > Damoder/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Nalley [mailto:da...@gnsa.us] > Sent: Thursday, 3 July 2014 9:58 PM > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:dev@cloudstack.apache.org> > Cc: Damoder Reddy; Koushik Das > Subject: Re: Review Request 23192: Adding Readme and run checkbox at the end > of the installation. Also installing mysql connector > > On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Chip Childers > <chipchild...@apache.org<mailto:chipchild...@apache.org>> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 03, 2014 at 03:14:30PM +0000, Leo Simons wrote: > It looks like that maven pom on windows _by default_ downloads and > installs a variety of non-apache-license (and/or non-mit/bsd/variant > license) software. That shouldnąt really happen. The principle is one > of łleast surprise˛: As a user or developer who does not RTFM, > following the default commands/tools/etc, you should end up with a > more-or-less apache-licensed build result (*) that you can > redistribute the result under. > > +1 > > > But apache policy is that it is acceptable to provide scripts/build > tools/assistance to help those same users/developers do things that > they want to do. As long as they understand the legal situation they end up > in. > > I would recommend adding a "nonoss" maven profile that the > developer/user has to explicitly select in order to do those > downloads. As long as that option is described clearly, thatąs then > ok. See > > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/apr/apr/trunk/README > > for an example of how to point out the license situation. > > We already have the nonoss profile, so this is a pretty good fix for > the windows build issues noted above IMO. > > Damoder/Koushik - please make this change. > > > Something similar is true by the way (IMHO, but as a project > cloudstack can definitely decide differently), for a possible MSI > script. Making an MSI script that prompts the user whether to > download mysql at the point of install, **clearly pointing out the > license situation** if they choose to do so, seems reasonable, and I > personally would not object to shipping _that_ kind of script as part of an > apache source release. > > > +1 - that's a reasonable approach as well. Damoder / Koushik - what > +do > you think about this approach? > > > I like this approach. We have a number of things that aren't in the 'default' > build because of policy reasons. This is just another of them. > > > > Finally, the _spirit_ behind the apache policies is that there should > be an option to use cloudstack with a license-compatible database > (say, postgres), even if most users will use mysql (just like most > people that use dbm with httpd will use berkely dbm, but you _can_ > use something else). Itąs perhaps unfortunate that this isnąt > supported, but thatąs not apache policy, and given the license > situation of other system dependencies, I can imagine no-one here wants to > make it a priority. > > Yeah, that would be nice... but somebody would have to decide that > they want to do that. > > > > cheers, > > > Leo > > PS: IANAL, but, a lot of this discussion is a bit beyond legal, and > is about choice/policy, and the policy is supposed to be based on > common sense much more than license stuff tends to be :) > > Agreed - this is about policy not legality. > >
