[wp-hackers] Apache 2.0 License?

[Pete Mall]

Apace 2.0 is not compatible with GPLv2[1].

Pete

[1] http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html

On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Mike Schinkel
<mikeschinkel at newclarity.net>wrote:

> Hi Iain,
>
> Thanks.  So in a nutshell am I reading that you think it should be okay to
> include Apache v2.0 licensed dependency into a GPLv2 licensed plugin and
> that it should be allowed in the repository?
>
> Can anyone official confirm this?
>
> -Mike
>
> On Mar 19, 2011, at 5:18 PM, Iain Cambridge wrote:
>
> > Well I think it's safe to say Mark Jaquith wasn't thinking since GPL
> > v3 is later than GPL v2 and his response says it has to be GPL - more
> > specificallt GPL v2 or later. Also the plugin about [1] states it has
> > to be compatable with GPL which according to gnu [2] Apache V 2.0 is.
> >
> > Iain
> >
> > [1] http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/about/
> > [2] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses
> >
> >
> > On 19 March 2011 18:51, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
> >> I'm guessing that it would not be allowed.
> >>
> >> After all, even with the official WordPress License "clarification", the
> >> official policy is that even GPLv3 Plugins will not be allowed to be
> hosted
> >> in the Plugin Repository:
> >>
> http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/clarification-in-licensing-language/#comment-15633
> >>
> >> But perhaps the stance will change?
> >>
> >> Chip
> >>
> >> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Mike Schinkel
> >> <mikeschinkel at newclarity.net>wrote:
> >>
> >>> This question[1] got me thinking. It seems that excanvas[2] is becoming
> a
> >>> standard dependency for Javascript charting libraries but it is
> licensed
> >>> with Apache 2.0, not GPL 2.
> >>>
> >>> The core question I'm asking is would a plugin that is otherwise GPL
> >>> licensed be denied inclusion into the WordPress plugin repository if it
> >>> includes excanvas because of the Apache 2.0 license? Or given the
> >>> circumstances would the potential license conflicts be overlooked?
> >>>
> >>> -Mike
> >>>
> >>> [1]
> >>>
> http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/12488/hosting-plugin-with-excanvas-dependency-of-flot-jqplot-and-more-in-official-re
> >>> [2] http://excanvas.sourceforge.net/
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