Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-legal-discuss-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-legal-discuss-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AAB04177D3 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 2015 12:41:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 90793 invoked by uid 500); 23 Mar 2015 12:41:11 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-legal-discuss-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 90538 invoked by uid 500); 23 Mar 2015 12:41:11 -0000 Mailing-List: contact legal-discuss-help@apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: Reply-To: legal-discuss@apache.org List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list legal-discuss@apache.org Received: (qmail 90276 invoked by uid 99); 23 Mar 2015 12:41:11 -0000 Received: from arcas.apache.org (HELO arcas.apache.org) (140.211.11.28) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 23 Mar 2015 12:41:11 +0000 Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 12:41:11 +0000 (UTC) From: "Pierre Smits (JIRA)" To: legal-discuss@apache.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Subject: [jira] [Commented] (LEGAL-200) Are Apache projects allowed to ship mysql-jdbc-connector in binary convenience releases? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-JIRA-FingerPrint: 30527f35849b9dde25b450d4833f0394 [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-200?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=14375855#comment-14375855 ] Pierre Smits commented on LEGAL-200: ------------------------------------ You can use a maven configuration or an ant-ivy setup to define the connector your product works with and have the configurator have it download to its proper place. > Are Apache projects allowed to ship mysql-jdbc-connector in binary convenience releases? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: LEGAL-200 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-200 > Project: Legal Discuss > Issue Type: Question > Reporter: Jakob Frank > > The mysql-jdbc-connector is GPLv2 [1, 2], but has a FOSS License Exception [3]. > Does this exception allow Apache projects to bundle the binary of the mysql-jdbc-connector within a convenience binary? > [1] http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/ > [2] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html > [3] http://www.mysql.com/about/legal/licensing/foss-exception/ -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: legal-discuss-unsubscribe@apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: legal-discuss-help@apache.org