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List:       jakarta-general
Subject:    Re: Can I use Hibernate in an Apache project without compromising
From:       Vadim Gritsenko <vadim () reverycodes ! com>
Date:       2004-09-29 15:12:32
Message-ID: 415AD0E0.3080900 () reverycodes ! com
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Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote:

> 
> On Sep 29, 2004, at 4:56 AM, Vadim Gritsenko wrote:
> 
>> The problem, AFAIU, is that this Maven's code now has to become LGPL  
>> licensed itself, due to LGPL license requirements. And ASF  
>> repositories can't contain LGPL code. So the answer is to pull  
>> (quickly) this code from Maven, and not to introduce to Slide.
> 
> 
> No - LGPL isn't viral unless you make derivative works of the LGPL-ed  
> code itself.  Just using an LGPL-ed codebase as a library does not  
> trigger the virality.

According to some opinions, IIRC, "import some.lgpl.stuff;" triggers LGPL 
virality, I based my comment on this opinion.


> The problem is that for java, there are questions about the clarity of  
> the provisions in the license that prevent the virality from taking  
> effect, which is why the ASF doesn't allow LGPLed java usage.

Exactly, the clarity is missing. Any progress on this front will be an improvement.

Vadim


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