Also note that I started a thread on it [1].  It appears that the source
files you're using have been relicensed under the BSD-3-clause, as a result
I would recommend switching to those versions.

In light of the clarification of Cat-X, I have to change to a -1 due to
licensing issues.

[1]:
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/684c32e14a435b40f2941b79f2d5dac747a0c4d02387f2e1a6e8e622@%3Clegal-discuss.apache.org%3E



On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 6:32 PM Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com>
wrote:

> HI,
>
> > Maybe we need clarification from legal? BSD 4 clause is just 3 clause w/
> > additional ask to not use UoC to endorse.  It seems still in line w/ AL
> so
> > I would assume no problems.
>
> The 4 clause BSD license is considered category X other than in a couple
> of cases i.e. OpenSSL where the project has said it’s OK to use the NOTICE
> file to deal with that extra clause or in this case where the clause has
> been later removed. So in most cases it can’t be included in Apache
> software. The newer BSD 2 clause and 3 clause licenses are of course fine.
>
> There's a recent discussion about this on the legal discuss list. [1]
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
>
> 1.
> https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-legal-discuss/201606.mbox/%3c749a6c00d2595a4b39533e26f4e5e...@mail.gmail.com%3e
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