Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-ant-dev-archive@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 91399 invoked by uid 500); 21 Jun 2001 00:38:41 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ant-dev-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Delivered-To: mailing list ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 91110 invoked from network); 21 Jun 2001 00:38:37 -0000 Message-ID: <67FE02381F67D3119F960008C7845A2C0565AC14@nt_syd_ex09.macbank> From: Tim Vernum To: "'ant-dev@jakarta.apache.org'" Subject: RE: Problems with licenses (GPL, LGPL) and task writing Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 10:37:59 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Spam-Rating: h31.sny.collab.net 1.6.2 0/1000/N From: Yannick Menager [mailto:ymenager@yahoo.co.uk] > Ok, another suggestion, what about providing a separate jarfile (like > there is currently optional, but with tasks licensed under GPL) > > ie. the binaries made available would be > > jakarta-ant-vX.X.tgz > jakarta-ant-vX.X-optionals.tgz > jakarta-ant-vX.X-optionals-glp.tgz Two problems: 1) Apache will only host ASF owned/licenced code. 2) GPL'd tasks which rely on any Apache code, are illegal in the eyes of the FSF. That means the Ant support classes are theoretically off-limits to any GPL tasks.