[perl-Lucy: 7/28] Add mail from upstream

[Lubomir Rintel]

commit 134ceba9299a24852434de8b142b22ac0ab1a7f3
Author: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak at fedoraproject.org>
Date:   Mon Mar 30 19:50:46 2009 +0000

    Add mail from upstream

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+From marvin at rectangular.com Mon Mar 23 01:37:59 2009
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+Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:01:19 -0700
+To: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak at v3.sk>
+Subject: FW: [Re: KinoSearch licensing and Fedora]
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+From: Marvin Humphrey <marvin at rectangular.com>
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+Lubomir,
+
+Here you go...
+
+Marvin Humphrey
+
+----- Forwarded message from marvin -----
+
+To: Ian Burrell <ianburrell at gmail.com>
+Subject: Re: KinoSearch licensing and Fedora
+
+On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 04:21:04PM -0800, Ian Burrell wrote:
+> I am trying to package KinoSearch for Fedora.  There were some
+> questions in the review[1] about the licensing.  My understanding is
+> that KinoSearch is licensed under the GPL or Aristic.  My impression
+> is that it doesn't contain any code licensed under ASL 2.0.  
+
+Correct.  It is all either original code or derived code, and all licensed
+under GPL or Artistic.  I've been quite conscientious about never copying and
+pasting anything directly from Lucene, including documentation and comments.
+That allows me to claim a separate copyright and distribute the project under
+different but compatible licensing terms.
+
+> But that since it was derived from Lucene, it has to include the Apache
+> license text.
+
+That's correct, as per ASL 2.0 section 4.1.
+
+> Is this right?  Is everything in KinoSearch licensed as "GPL+ or
+> Artistic"?  Does the Apache license need to be included in the binary
+> package to satisfy the ASL?
+
+IANAL but... 
+
+I think so.  I've always assumed that derivations/redistributions of
+derivations still need to maintain compatibility with the license terms of the
+original -- otherwise the original author would quickly lose control of their
+work.  It seems to me that you need to determine whether the GPLv3 your
+derivative work will be distributed under is compatible with both the
+KinoSearch license terms (which it obviously is) and the Lucene license terms
+-- which ought to be the case so long as you include that file and the
+existing notice embedded in the KinoSearch documentation.
+
+Best,
+
+Marvin Humphrey
+
+----- End forwarded message -----