[License-discuss] Proposal: Apache Third Party License Policy

[Lawrence Rosen]

Simon Phipps suggested:

> unless there is a specific and well-defined question for us to answer

 

Q: Which OSI-approved licenses (including MPL, EPL, and the like) are *compatible for aggregating* with ALv2 software without "infecting" the rest of the aggregated work?

 

The word "aggregate" is used in the OSD. The word "infect" carries much unwelcome baggage. I welcome OSI's license-discuss@ efforts to define these terms.

 

This question is not specific to the Apache Software Foundation policy on this matter or about NOTICE files. ASF is not the only one aggregating ALv2 software with other FOSS software. The above is a relevant open source question to all of our customers.

 

Thanks for your thoughts.

 

/Larry

 

 

From: Simon Phipps [mailto:webmink at opensource.org] 
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 4:51 AM
To: Lawrence Rosen; license-discuss at opensource.org
Subject: Re: [License-discuss] Proposal: Apache Third Party License Policy

 

[Removing cross-posting]

 

It's hard to see why this Apache-specific discussion is being redirected to OSI's mailing list and I suggest we end the conversation unless there is a specific and well-defined question for us to answer.

 

Thanks,

 

Simon

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