[Biojava-l] Apache License vs. (L)GPL

[Martin Szugat]

Hi Michael,

First thanks for your reply!

> I think the concern is only in the opposite direction, when an
> Apache-licensed library wishes to include a GPL-licensed library as a
> dependency.

That's also my opinion.

> 
> As long as you adhere to the conditions of the LGPL for BioJava (include
> the text of the LGPL in your distribution) and of the Apache license for
> the commons libraries (include the text of the Apache licence and a
> NOTICE.txt file in the distribution or a section in your README.txt with
> the text "This product includes software developed by The Apache Software
> Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).") then you are fine.

I've done that already so I hope I'm on the safe side :)

Best regards

Martin

> 
>    michael
> 
> 
> On Fri, 23 Sep 2005, Martin Szugat wrote:
> 
> > 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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