Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-flink-dev-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-flink-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0D2A911323 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 07:16:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 26338 invoked by uid 500); 18 Aug 2014 07:16:39 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-flink-dev-archive@flink.apache.org Received: (qmail 26288 invoked by uid 500); 18 Aug 2014 07:16:39 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@flink.incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@flink.incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@flink.incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 26277 invoked by uid 99); 18 Aug 2014 07:16:39 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 07:16:39 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2000.7 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received: from [140.211.11.3] (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with SMTP; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 07:16:12 +0000 Received: (qmail 24534 invoked by uid 99); 18 Aug 2014 07:16:10 -0000 Received: from minotaur.apache.org (HELO minotaur.apache.org) (140.211.11.9) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 07:16:10 +0000 Received: from localhost (HELO mail-lb0-f173.google.com) (127.0.0.1) (smtp-auth username srowen, mechanism plain) by minotaur.apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 07:16:09 +0000 Received: by mail-lb0-f173.google.com with SMTP id u10so3794447lbd.32 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 00:16:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.112.163.103 with SMTP id yh7mr26510888lbb.73.1408346167808; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 00:16:07 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.31.52 with HTTP; Mon, 18 Aug 2014 00:15:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Sean Owen Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 08:15:47 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: 3-clause BSD License To: dev@flink.incubator.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org 2-clause and 3-clause are quite similar for this purpose as they differ only in a clause about endorsement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses#2-clause_license_.28.22Simplified= _BSD_License.22_or_.22FreeBSD_License.22.29 My interpretation of http://www.apache.org/legal/3party.html is that both are "authorized licenses". The example at http://www.apache.org/dev/licensing-howto.html also supports this since it refers to 3-clause. On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 8:09 AM, M=C3=A1rton Balassi wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to add a dependency that is licensed under the 3-clause BSD > License. The ASF legal FAQ only mentions the 2-clause version as compatib= le > with the Apache License. > > Could someone please clarify the situation for me?