https://github.com/google/glog/blob/master/COPYING

On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 7:44 PM, John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org> wrote:

> Niclas,
>
> So I'll point out a couple of things.
>
> 1. -1's on releases aren't vetos, so if someone else (e.g. you) voted a +1
> my -1 would be moot.
>
> 2. I mentioned in my response that the main issue is that I can't find a
> listed license for glog and I was choosing GPL because I found a source
> file with a GPL header.  If the first file I looked at was another license,
> I would have assumed that license.  It has nothing to do with build chain.
> If you have a link that can show that glog is BSD licensed, that would
> settle this.  Note that this issue [1] exists.
>
> John
>
> [1]: https://github.com/google/glog/issues/118
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 12:04 AM Niclas Hedhman <nic...@hedhman.org> wrote:
>
> > Sure, but in this case it is;
> >   1. Singa depends on Glog
> >   2. Glog is BSD licensed
> >   3. Glog use a build tool chain that is GPL'd and includes a build
> script
> > to compensate for missing toolchain tools.
> >   4. Singa doesn't use Glog's build toolchain
> >
> > Your (John) argument is that Glog is incorrectly licensed and should have
> > been GPL'd. I think that reasoning is incorrect, and that Glog is
> licensed
> > correctly and hence it is not relevant whether it is optional or not for
> > Singa.
> >
> > Given that we have both belt and suspenders for this, I think the -1 can
> be
> > withdrawn regarding the Glog dependency.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Niclas
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 10:49 AM, John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > We actually just had a discussion recently on legal-discuss on this
> type
> > of
> > > topic.  Specifically, Cat-X and optional vs required dependencies.
> Henri
> > > and I settled on the wording you'll find at [1] as the final result.
> > > Basically, you can rely on Cat-X but only for optional features.
> > >
> > > We can probably follow up with legal on whether this does fall into the
> > GPL
> > > bucket though.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > > [1]: https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#optional
> > >
> > > On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 9:45 PM Niclas Hedhman <nic...@hedhman.org>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I think that ends up being a build time dependency in GLOG, i.e. the
> > > > equivalent of Systems Requirement, and not in itself viral to the ASF
> > > > software. I assume that Google is much more worried about this and
> may
> > > even
> > > > have checked with their Legal team...
> > > >
> > > > Want to check with legal-discuss@ ? Is my memory failing me, or
> hasn't
> > > FSF
> > > > stated that the build output is not bound by GPL of the build
> > toolchain?
> > > > (otherwise they can't release their own LGPL stuff)
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > > Niclas
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 10:27 AM, John D. Ament <
> johndam...@apache.org>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > -1 at least I think there's an issue.
> > > > >
> > > > > While the source code all looks good, the resulting binary is not
> > > valid.
> > > > > There's no how to build doc, so I looked at your .travis.yml.  It
> > > > confirmed
> > > > > what I suspected for make, but then I started looking at your
> > required
> > > > > packages.
> > > > >
> > > > > You require glog [1], which I can't find a license for.  However,
> > glog
> > > > > includes [2] which is GPL, which makes glog GPL and as a result,
> your
> > > > code.
> > > > >
> > > > > [1]: https://github.com/google/glog
> > > > > [2]: https://github.com/google/glog/blob/master/missing
> > > > >
> > > > > - John
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 8:24 PM Wang Wei <wang...@apache.org>
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hi all,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The SINGA community has voted on and approved a proposal to
> release
> > > > > Apache
> > > > > > SINGA 1.1.0 (incubating).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The vote thread is at:
> > > > > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/singa-dev/201701.mbox/%
> > > > > > 3CCAJz0iLvAaEd5AgCqaWFD1M4-D_3EBh%3DUHbeZu-MRn%3DcKuQiX-Q%4
> > > > > 0mail.gmail.com
> > > > > > %3E
> > > > > >
> > > > > > and the result is at:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/singa-dev/201701.mbox/%
> > > > > 3cCAJz0iLspBOrsCSTaWuraOWwETiDB4cn14ak5SgdYB8umXOJ3Kw@mail.
> gmail.com
> > > %3e
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We ask the IPMC to vote on this release.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The artifacts to be voted on are located here:
> > > > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/singa/1.1.0/
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The hashes of the artifacts are as follows:
> > > > > > MD5:  08 CA 31 10 4E 79 02 16  A1 D7 3F 20 2D 60 21 BB
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Release artifacts are signed with the following key:
> > > > > > https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/dinhtta.asc
> > > > > >
> > > > > > and the signature file is:
> > > > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/singa/1.1.0
> > > > > > /apache-singa-incubating-1.1.0-RC1.tar.gz.asc
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The Github tag is at:
> > > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-singa/releases/tag/
> v1.1.0-rc1
> > > > > > commit ID is: 59ca44a7ce38ce4f965511c805cda074d0b8e360
> > > > > >
> > > > > > To check the license, you can use the Apache Rat tool as follows:
> > > > > > 1. download & decompress apache rat from
> > > > http://creadur.apache.org/rat/
> > > > > > download_rat.cgi
> > > > > > 2. run the following command under singa folder:
> > > > > >     java -jar /PATH/TO/RAT/apache-rat-0.11.jar -E rat-excludes
> -d .
> > > >
> > > > > > rat_check
> > > > > > 3. check the results in file named "rat_check"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Please check and vote on releasing this package. The vote is open
> > for
> > > > at
> > > > > > least 72 hours and passes if a majority of at least three +1
> votes
> > > are
> > > > > > cast.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [ ] +1 Release this package as Apache SINGA 1.0.0-incubating
> > > > > > [ ]  0 I don't feel strongly about it, but I'm okay with the
> > release
> > > > > > [ ] -1 Do not release this package because...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Best,
> > > > > > Wei
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer
> > > > http://polygene.apache.org <http://zest.apache.org> - New Energy for
> > > Java
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer
> > http://polygene.apache.org <http://zest.apache.org> - New Energy for
> Java
> >
>



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