Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Stian Soiland-Reyes [mailto:st...@apache.org] Sent: 04 March 2015 15:14 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: GPL Code in GitHub
It depends how you integrate it - you can't put LGPL or GPL stuff into distributions from Apache - and you can't really do a release that is incomplete without it (e.g. "To make X work, download the GPL library Y and put it into lib") Optional dependencies (e.g. plugins) should however be fine to be externally managed - but you have to make it very clear that they are not affiliated with Apache. For instance for Apache Taverna we had an in the pre-incubator code some optional plugins that have LGPL dependencies, so we simply put them at https://github.com/taverna-extras and link to it from http://taverna.incubator.apache.org/download/code/#taverna-extra as "independent community-submitted plugins". A common thing is mysql-client.jar which is GPL - so as long as your code is happy to work with other JDBC drivers (why wouldn't it?) you can just have instructions on how to download it and put it in lib/ for those that are happy to use mySQL - and have some other reasonable default otherwise (e.g. Apache Derby) On 4 March 2015 at 13:44, Julian Tenney <julian.ten...@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote: > Question: I know I've seen this discussed here before, and in any case, you > guys are the best source for an answer: > > Can we have GPL code in a repository as long as that is not distributed with > the product in a 'official' release? > > Thanks a lot, > > Julian > > > > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. > > Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this > message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the > author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the > University of Nottingham. > > This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an > attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your > computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email > communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as > permitted by UK legislation. > -- Stian Soiland-Reyes Apache Taverna (incubating) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-9718 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
