Re: OK to use GPLed class libraries in DNA sequencers ( was Re: [dna-dev] Required headers on all files)

Hi Randall, I've made a first pass at DNA-105 (delimited text sequencer). In it I use the Ostermiller Utils classes (http://ostermiller.org/utils/download.html) to do the delimited text parsing. Before I do any more work on it (and "officially" pick it up from the JIRA queue), though, it occurred to me - these classes are GPL, where DNA is LGPL. Is it OK to build sequencers using class libraries that are GPL? or do they need a less restrictive license like LGPL or Apache? It isn't a problem to implement this individual connector (there are lots of good delimited text parsing classes out there under a variety of licenses - and although this is something I could do myself, this parsing is actually a lot more difficult a problem than it appears initially, so I would prefer not to do it), but I was curious as to whether using GPLed libraries is OK. Thanks, Greg On Tue, 2008-06-10 at 16:58 -0500, Randall Hauch wrote: > Please make sure that add the correct JBoss header to all files in > JBoss DNA. We're not being consistent with our commits, so please go > through code you've recently created and make the appropriate > changes. > > > The easiest way to do this is to set up your development environment > to automatically add the following header to all Java classes: > > > /* > * JBoss, Home of Professional Open Source. > * Copyright 2008, Red Hat Middleware LLC, and individual contributors > * as indicated by the @author tags. See the copyright.txt file in the > * distribution for a full listing of individual contributors. > * > * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it > * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as > * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of > * the License, or (at your option) any later version. > * > * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, > * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU > * Lesser General Public License for more details. > * > * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public > * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free > * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA > * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org. > */ > > > We also have to add it to all property files: > > > # > # JBoss, Home of Professional Open Source. > # Copyright 2008, Red Hat Middleware LLC, and individual contributors > # as indicated by the @author tags. See the copyright.txt file in the > # distribution for a full listing of individual contributors. > # > # This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it > # under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as > # published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of > # the License, or (at your option) any later version. > # > # This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, > # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of > # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU > # Lesser General Public License for more details. > # > # You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public > # License along with this software; if not, write to the Free > # Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA > # 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: http://www.fsf.org. > # > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dna-dev mailing list > dna-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/dna-dev