OT: Licensing Java code (was Tests)

[Thomas]

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On Sunday 28 March 2004 18:41, you wrote:
> > Is the Apache licence considered Free for you guys (I'm really an open
> > source programmer, not a free-software one..).
>
> Yes, it certainly is a Free Software license.
> But it is currently not compatible with the GPL.
> ... we don't really recommend
> releasing and/or combining larger works under the Apache license.
For my puposes the GPL is too viral. Java is quickly becoming the choice of 
big companies for their apps; and GPL is almost never a correct licence for 
code from companies.  LGPL would be, if it would be fixed by the FSF to be 
'compatible' with Java..

> So creating a derived larger work of some GPLed and Apache licensed code
> is not distributable (since there are some restrictions with respect to
> patent licensing that are not allowed by the GPL).

I should have been more correct in my wording; I use the Apache licence 
version 1; I refuse to use version 2. Version 1 does not discuss patent 
licensing.
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Regards
Thomas
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