On 22.10.2014 03:02, Justin Mclean wrote: > Hi, > >> Binary dependencies are, by definition, not released by the ASF; because >> we release source code. Also, software that has dependencies that are >> only available in binary form is not open-source, in my book. > You may possibly be forgetting about Category B licensed dependancies. These > may only be included in binary form in an Apache product. [1] They would be > still be consider open source by most people :-) The source does exist it's > just not able to be included in a Apache product due to the weak copy left > provision the licences include.
I have trouble visualising how any ASF project could have /mandatory/ dependencies on anything from the B-list. -- Brane
