Switch to Apache License

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Switch to Apache License with version 1.1.0 and v1.0.2.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by andreas.josef.wagner on 19 Apr 2014 at 9:42

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Just a brief update:

"Neither BSD nor Apache 2.0 is a "viral" license, meaning AFAIK it makes no 
demands on the other source code you include it with. That also means that 
unlike GPL, you aren't releasing a "product" under a BSD or Apache license, but 
each file or section of code is licensed under the license that the author 
released it under.

So you could have a project where one module was BSD and one module was Apache, 
and I see no reason why you couldn't distribute that, as long as you were 
explicit about it. Note that IANAL.

Do you have the right to take Apache licensed code and re-license it as BSD? I 
highly doubt it. I believe Apache has a couple more restrictions on it than 
BSD. You'd have to keep the original copyright notice, of course, but I also 
believe you have to do a bit extra when releasing changes to it, and you 
couldn't (or at least shouldn't) remove those conditions by changing the 
license."

See: 
http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/40561/is-bsd-license-compatible-w
ith-apache

Original comment by andreas.josef.wagner on 25 Apr 2014 at 1:01

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

We still need to check our dependencies and see what kind of licenses they are 
using ...

Original comment by andreas.josef.wagner on 25 Apr 2014 at 1:07

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Yes, and it should be an additional check before adding dependencies

Original comment by a.gazzarini@gmail.com on 29 Apr 2014 at 6:53

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

DEPENDENCIES (r1284) 

cumulus-top
* junit
>> Eclipse Public License
* jtidy
>> Other license 
>> remove!!
* mockito
>> MIT License

cumulus-core
* guava
>> Apache License 2.0
* slf4j
>> MIT license
* sesame
>> BSD-style license
* concurrentlinkedhashmap
>> Apache License 2.0
* joda-time
>> Apache License Version 2.0

cumulusrdf-framework
* snakeyaml
>>Apache License 2.0
* sesame
>> BSD-style license
* guava
>> DUPLICATE -> REMOVE
* joda-time
>> DUPLICATE -> REMOVE

cumulusrdf-benchmark
* contiperf
>> Apache License 2.0

cumulusrdf-pluggable-storage-cassandra12x-hector-full-tp-index
* hector-core
>> MIT License

cumulusrdf-pluggable-storage-cassandra2x-cql-full-tp-index
* cassandra-driver-core
>> Apache License 2.0

cumulusrdf-standalone
* commons-cli
>> Apache License 2.0

cumulusrdf-test-framework
* farsandra
>> ??
>> TODO: contact developer

cumulusrdf-web-module
* velocity-tools
>> Apache License 2.0
* commons-fileupload
>> Apache License 2.0
* javax.servlet
>> Sun Community Source License
* javax.ws.rs
>> Common Development and Distribution License
* sesame
>> BSD-style license
* guava
>> DUPLICATE -> REMOVE

OTHER:
*  edu.kit.aifb.cumulus.store.MurmurHash3.java
>> SWITCH TO GUAVA

Original comment by andreas.josef.wagner on 20 May 2014 at 4:52

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

1) License file
I changed the content of LICENSE file, putting in the Apache License 2.0

2) Dependencies
Shortly, on the list Andreas put on the issue, we have only one remaining 
thing, the MurmurHash3 class that should be replaced with a Guava 
implementation. I need to check that, so in the meantime, for other deps, this 
is the current situation:

    cumulusrdf
        jtidy has been removed (and replaced with htmlunit - Apache License 2.0)
    cumulusrdf-core
        guava dependency has been removed
        joda-time has been removed
    cumulusrdf-framework
        I didn't remove guava dependency because this is the right centralized place where it should be
        same thing for joda-time
    cumulus-benchmark
        contiperf has been removed (we don't use that at the moment)
    cumulusrdf-pluggable-storage-cassandra12x-hector-full-tp-index
    cumulusrdf-pluggable-storage-cassandra2x-cql-full-tp-index
    cumulusrdf-standalone
    cumulusrdf-test-framework
        Farsandra is Ok...the Apache License 2.0 is directly reported in its pom.xml
    cumulusrdf-web-module
        guava has been removed
        htmlunit has been added
        javax.servlet dep scope has been changed (compile --> runtime)

Original comment by a.gazzarini@gmail.com on 27 May 2014 at 3:46

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by a.gazzarini@gmail.com on 27 May 2014 at 3:46

Changed state: Started

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Very very cool :) Big thanks @ Andrea for taking over this issue.

I think moving to Apache License makes a lot of sense and is totally 
worth the extra effort.

Thanks :)
Andreas

Original comment by andreas.josef.wagner on 27 May 2014 at 3:54

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

I guess since the build is stable this is solved? :)

Original comment by Isib...@gmail.com on 28 May 2014 at 2:49

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by a.gazzarini@gmail.com on 28 May 2014 at 3:09

Changed state: Fixed

hich9n / cumulusrdf

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