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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:40:42 +0200
From: Reinhard Poetz <reinhard@apache.org>
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Leszek Gawron wrote:
> Torsten Curdt wrote:
> 
>>> Would it be legally acceptable to link also to non-Apache licensed 
>>> stuff?
>>> (Provided it is made available in a repository somewhere.)
>>
>>
>>
>> IANAL ...but I reckon that should be
>> ok. Problem is - mocks are still not
>> ok ...so it does not buy us much.
>>
>> ...I still don't get why mocks are
>> a problem - this license stuff sucks
>> so badly *grrrr*
> 
> In order to create a mock you have to copy a specific class interface 
> that someone designed.
> 

I don't think that this solved the problem. If you download e.g. some LGPL 
library you will use it somewhere in your code, otherwise it is useless. The 
problem is the *use* IIUC ...

To be on the safe side, we will have to wait for real blocks as they can cut all 
direct dependencies (--> one block only has a requirement on a block interface 
and not on a block implementation.)

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Reinhard P�tz           Independent Consultant, Trainer & (IT)-Coach 

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