[WHIRR-442] release 0.6.0 is in breach of the AL2.0 and general Apache rules in regards to the inclusion of Voldemort

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.6.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.7.0
• Assignee: Thomas White
• Reporter: Patrick D. Hunt
• Created: 06/Dec/11 18:44
• Updated: 10/Dec/11 23:36
• Resolved: 08/Dec/11 14:08

Description

Release 0.6.0 is including the Voldemort jar w/o the required notices as specified by section 4d of the ASL2.0
https://github.com/voldemort/voldemort/blob/master/LICENSE

Additionally Voldemort requires a "category X" licensed work which is not allowed by Apache rules, specifically Voldemort uses "BDB java edition" which is category X. See previous discussions on this:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-99
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-113
http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html

The following has to happen before 0.7.0:

1) remove all jars from the source release artifact.

./services/voldemort/lib/linkedin-voldemort-0.90.RC3.jar

I also notice:
./services/hadoop/lib/hadoop-test-0.20.3-SNAPSHOT.jar
./services/cassandra/lib/apache-cassandra-0.7.0.jar
./services/cassandra/lib/libthrift-0.5.jar

2) do not compile or include dependencies of Voldemort as part of any Whirr release, whether source or binary. I do not think that the Voldemort whirr service itself need be dropped.