Hi Stuart, On Mon, 2022-11-07 at 23:20 +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > Hi Jeroen, > > On 2022-11-07, Jeroen Koekkoek <jer...@koekkoek.nl> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I'm working on some patches/features for NSD. One of the new > > features > > uses some Apache 2.0 licensed code (for now). > > > > Sorry to ask this question, but just to verify: > > > > * OpenBSD-base cannot include any software licensed under Apache > > 2.0. > > * Software in the ports collection is allowed to be licensed under > > Apache 2.0. > > Right. > > > If my assumptions are correct, and since NSD is in base, the > > dependency > > on the Apache 2.0 licensed code is therefore better removed or, > > alternatively, relicensed under a BSD-compatible license, right? > > If this will add Apache-licensed code to NSD itself we can't take it. > (It may be an issue for other users too - in some cases they will > then > have to think more about patent law when they decide whether to use > the software). > > If it's in an external dependency (say, some NSD feature uses some > external Apache-licensed library, but that feature is optional, > and the NSD code which makes use of it follows the standard LICENSE > from the NSD distribution) then we can just disable the option. >
Thanks, exactly what I needed to know. - Jeroen
