[LEGAL-572] Is an ASF project allowed to depend on Python chardet (LGPL 2.1)

• Type: Question
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Sebb
• Created: 09/May/21 16:37
• Updated: 15/Feb/22 10:51
• Resolved: 13/Jul/21 21:58

Description

The Python module chardet is licensed under LGPL 2.1 [1].

A project is licensed under AL 2.0 can have an optional dependency on it [2], but
can it depend unconditionally on the module?

I have been told that this is covered by the section [3], but this appears to contradict [2].

[1] https://github.com/chardet/chardet
[2] https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#optional
[3] https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#prohibited