[Bug 727152] Review Request: jboss-common-core - JBoss Common Classes

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--- Comment #7 from Richard Fontana <rfontana at redhat.com> 2011-09-19 12:38:26 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> I am not sure if I made myself clear. I put the ASL license there by mistake.
> It should have never been there as the package is licensed solely under
> LGPLv2+. Was this the reason for the block?

No. (I didn't think I was blocking this one BTW, it is more something that
should ideally be corrected when feasible.) The reason for the comment is that
a subset of the source files in this package are (in some cases modified
versions of) code taken from certain old versions of ASF projects where they
were licensed under ASL 1.1, a license since superseded by the ASF. We treat
ASL 1.1 as GPL-incompatible and (for purposes here) LGPL-incompatible, which
means that the two licenses are "distinct and independent". So, again bearing
in mind Fedora's own packaging guidelines, it is more accurate to see the
licensing of this package as a conjunction of "LGPLv2+ and ASL1.1" than just
LGPL. 

That is, it's really not "licensed solely under LGPLv2+" unless you decide ASL
1.1 is GPL-compatible. Since currently Fedora classifies ASL 1.1 as
GPL-incompatible, it follows logically that the package cannot be licensed
solely under LGPLv2+. I realize from the upstream *JBoss* perspective it may be
conceived as being licensed solely under LGPL, but the Fedora view is (I would
argue) more precise.

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