[Biojava-l] Apache License vs. (L)GPL

[Michael Heuer]

Hello Martin,

I think the concern is only in the opposite direction, when an
Apache-licensed library wishes to include a GPL-licensed library as a
dependency.

As long as you adhere to the conditions of the LGPL for BioJava (include
the text of the LGPL in your distribution) and of the Apache license for
the commons libraries (include the text of the Apache licence and a
NOTICE.txt file in the distribution or a section in your README.txt with
the text "This product includes software developed by The Apache Software
Foundation (http://www.apache.org/).") then you are fine.

   michael


On Fri, 23 Sep 2005, Martin Szugat wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I'm using BioJava with my BioWeka project (www.bioweka.org). I'd like to
> create a distribution with BioWeka (GPL), BioJava (LGPL) and the Apache
> Commons libraries (Apache license) which are required by BioJava. However
> there seems to be an incompatibility between the GPL/LGPL and the Apache
> license:
>
> http://apache.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/02/18/215242&tid=117&tid=185&ti
> d=17&tid=2
>
> But the Apache foundation says the licenses are compatible:
>
> http://www.apache.org/foundation/licence-FAQ.html#GPL
>
> So I'm a little bit confused if I'm allowed to package all libraries in the
> same distribution. Maybe someone can clarify that. I already contacted the
> Apache foundation but didn't get an answer, yet.
>
> Best regards
>
> Martin
>
>
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