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nethad / clustermeister

Clustermeister provides a framework for easy code execution and testing on remote and distributed Java Virtual Machines (JVM). Specifically it provides utilities to facilitate remote code deployment scenarios and an API to execute code on remote JVMs.
Apache License 2.0
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Legal issues #31

Open danielspicar opened 12 years ago

danielspicar commented 12 years ago

Libraries incompatible with Apache 2.0 License:

Are there any more?

danielspicar commented 12 years ago

The jmxremote_optional.jar in maven is declared to be licensed under Common Development And Distribution License (CDDL) Version 1.0.

This is good news. Sepcifically because we only include the binary form.

According to http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html:

Software under the following licenses may be included in binary form within an Apache product if the inclusion is appropriately labeled: CDDL, Versions 1.0 and 1.1 [...]

By including only the object/binary form, there is less exposed surface area of the third-party work from which a work might be derived; this addresses the second guiding principle of this policy. By attaching a prominent label to the distribution and requiring an explicit action by the user to get the reciprocally-licensed source, users are less likely to be unaware of restrictions significantly different from those of the Apache License. Please include the URL to the product's homepage in the prominent label.

Specifically I think these measures are required:

danielspicar commented 12 years ago

Concerning Mozilla Rhino:

I think it is not really a runtime dependency and is drawn in with JPPF admin tools. We should try excluding it.