[wp-hackers] Apache 2.0 License?

[Mike Schinkel]

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On Mar 19, 2011, at 6:39 PM, Pete Mall <pete at jointforcestech.com> wrote:

> 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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