[infinispan-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (ISPN-2179) Incompatible licensed GPL library org.rhq.helpers:rhq-pluginAnnotations used as a dependency

[Sergiu Dumitriu (JIRA)]

    [ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/ISPN-2179?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12717178#comment-12717178 ] 

Sergiu Dumitriu commented on ISPN-2179:
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Not all are LGPL, for example [this one|http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/rhq/rhq.git/tree/modules/helpers/pluginAnnotations/src/main/java/org/rhq/helpers/pluginAnnotations/agent/Metric.java] is under GPL 2, no "or later" mention. Only Metric and Operation are under the GPL, while the others are indeed under LGPL.
                
> Incompatible licensed GPL library org.rhq.helpers:rhq-pluginAnnotations used as a dependency
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>                 Key: ISPN-2179
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/ISPN-2179
>             Project: Infinispan
>          Issue Type: Bug
>    Affects Versions: 5.1.5.FINAL
>            Reporter: Sergiu Dumitriu
>            Assignee: Tristan Tarrant
>             Fix For: 5.2.0.Beta1, 5.2.0.Final
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> The RHQ project is licensed under the GPL 2.0, which means that any project that uses RHQ libraries becomes GPL. Not only does this contradict Infinispan's license, but it's also a hidden dependency on a GPL library that makes any other project that thinks it's only using LGPL-compatible libraries actually a GPL project.

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