[Biojava-l] Apache License vs. (L)GPL
Martin Szugat
Martin.Szugat at GMX.net
Fri Sep 23 07:36:49 EDT 2005
Hi!
I'm using BioJava with my BioWeka project (www.bioweka.org). I'd like to
create a distribution with BioWeka (GPL), BioJava (LGPL) and the Apache
Commons libraries (Apache license) which are required by BioJava. However
there seems to be an incompatibility between the GPL/LGPL and the Apache
license:
http://apache.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/18/215242&tid=117&tid=185&ti
d=17&tid=2
But the Apache foundation says the licenses are compatible:
http://www.apache.org/foundation/licence-FAQ.html#GPL
So I'm a little bit confused if I'm allowed to package all libraries in the
same distribution. Maybe someone can clarify that. I already contacted the
Apache foundation but didn't get an answer, yet.
Best regards
Martin
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