Hi Mark, I think apache 2.0 would be easiest. But I think BSD also works. Its a little strange Sen is LGPL when the underlying dictionaries, chasen, mecab (what it was ported from), all BSD/bsd-like. or they are multi-licensed with BSD being one of them.
I also agree and hear you about how the glue code is broken, but in my opinion if the sen + glue code could be imported into lucene under one package, it would be easiest to maintain. this way it wouldn't become broken again. On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Mark Bennett <mbenn...@ideaeng.com> wrote: > Hi Robert, > > Thank you for helping sort through this, and for the Wiki link. > > A few thoughts here: > > 1: I think the author will change the license if I ask, he's been very > supportive (though seems to be working on other things these days). > > If you ran the Universe, which specific license would you like to see > SEN converted to? > To me the BSD license is the nicest, as I perceive it as having the > fewest restrictions. > > 2: It's the glue layer that is currently broken (and under the correct > license). > The revised code needs a good home. > > Although I'd like to eventually get core SEN in here, it is not > currently broken. > The unmodified ZIP can bed downloaded as-is and used (albeit with a > couple manual steps) > > I guess an analogy: > I might want to use an open source JDBC driver to access a commercial > database. > But the commercial database itself is not open source. > > 3: The source dictionaries are under yet another license, BUT they are > downloaded by build.xml > and not shipped with either ZIP file. > > I'm surprised that GPL and LGPL are incompatible with these the Lucene > projects. Is there any discussion between the two camps to address this? > Seems like we're all "on the same side". Open Source License > Incompatibility Issues, hm... > > -- > Mark Bennett / New Idea Engineering, Inc. / mbenn...@ideaeng.com > Direct: 408-733-0387 / Main: 866-IDEA-ENG / Cell: 408-829-6513 > > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Robert Muir <rcm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Mark, I think my concern is that Sen itself is LGPL ( > > https://sen.dev.java.net/). > > > > this lucene-ja is just a lucene interface to this LGPL library. > > > > I think this dependency might be a problem, but I am not the expert: > > http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-a > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Mark Bennett <mbenn...@ideaeng.com> > wrote: > > > > > Hello Robert, > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Robert Muir <rcm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Mark, has there been any change to the LGPL dependency? > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Mark Bennett <mbenn...@ideaeng.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > The only code I'm modifying at the moment is the lucene-ja section, > which > > > is > > > the integration between core SEN and Lucene. > > > > > > This is a sample at the top of one of the lucene-ja files. Would these > > > need > > > to be changed? If so, believe the author would. > > > > > > /** > > > * Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation > > > * > > > * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); > > > * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. > > > * You may obtain a copy of the License at > > > * > > > * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 > > > * > > > * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software > > > * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, > > > * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or > > implied. > > > * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and > > > * limitations under the License. > > > */ > > > > > > The SEN library is LGPL, though I can't find file I got that from at > the > > > moment. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Robert Muir > > rcm...@gmail.com > > > -- Robert Muir rcm...@gmail.com
