Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-core-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 23398 invoked from network); 16 Apr 2008 04:50:19 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 16 Apr 2008 04:50:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 28185 invoked by uid 500); 16 Apr 2008 04:50:19 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-core-dev-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 28157 invoked by uid 500); 16 Apr 2008 04:50:19 -0000 Mailing-List: contact core-dev-help@hadoop.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: core-dev@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list core-dev@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 28148 invoked by uid 99); 16 Apr 2008 04:50:19 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:50:19 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests=NORMAL_HTTP_TO_IP,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [63.203.238.117] (HELO dns.duboce.net) (63.203.238.117) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:49:27 +0000 Received: by dns.duboce.net (Postfix, from userid 1008) id F19EEC565; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:22:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.4 (2006-07-26) on dns.duboce.net X-Spam-Level: Received: from durruti.local (unknown [192.168.1.33]) by dns.duboce.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56667C51B for ; Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:22:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <480584B3.2030507@duboce.net> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:46:43 -0700 From: stack User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Macintosh/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: core-dev@hadoop.apache.org Subject: licensing question Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Old-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.3 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, NORMAL_HTTP_TO_IP autolearn=ham version=3.1.4 Can HBase include CPL licensed code? License seems fine (though I'm not a lawyer) and junit used to be in Hadoop and its CPL. But back in 2004, emails from Bryan Behlendorf would seem to rule out anything but Apache licenses been distributed off Apache servers: http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:QADktypdUA8J:mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/jakarta-jmeter-dev/200403.mbox/%253C20040310031124.76044.qmail%40web13305.mail.yahoo.com%253E+cpl+and+apache+license&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us&client=firefox-a Thanks, St.Ack