[LEGAL-81] Is it ok/meaningful to have a dependency licensed as ASL just for Apache Software Foundation, but LGPL for anyone else?

• Type: Question
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Daniel Keir Haywood
• Created: 08/Oct/10 13:50
• Updated: 23/Apr/15 07:23
• Resolved: 23/Apr/15 07:23

Description

We are in the process of setting up Apache Isis into the incubator (the code prior to Apache being called the Naked Objects Framework and sister projects).

I've now realized that one of the modules has a small dependency on code that has an LGPL license (a small Javascript file) that would be part of the distribution. Since my understanding was that LGPL is not ASL 2 compatible, I contacted the developer about whether he might consider moving to ASL. His response was to grant permission as follows:

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Yes, I authorize "NO framework and your sister projects accepted [2] into the Apache incubator" to use my XMLHttpRequest.js library (available at the http://code.google.com/p/xmlhttprequest/ and currently licensed under LGPL) with the ASL license.

[2] http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/IsisProposal.
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So, my question is: is this sufficient for us?

Many thanks,
Dan Haywood