[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (JBBUILD-690) The JBoss parent pom should be dual licenced under LGPL and ASL (not just LGPL)

[Geoffrey De Smet (JIRA)]

The JBoss parent pom should be dual licenced under LGPL and ASL (not just LGPL)
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                 Key: JBBUILD-690
                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBBUILD-690
             Project: JBoss Build System
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: JBoss Parent POM
    Affects Versions: JBoss Parent POM - 6
            Reporter: Geoffrey De Smet
            Assignee: Paul Gier
             Fix For: JBoss Parent POM - 6


Drools and jBPM are ASL licensed and therefor can't really depend on LGPL licensed software :(
That includes the parent poms, so the jboss-parent can't be only LGPL licensed.

Option 1: Add the ASL license to make it dual licensed under LGPL and ASL:

{code}
    <license>
      <name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
      <distribution>repo</distribution>
    </license>
{code}

Note: a pom that inherits from the jboss-parent pom and specifies a license, only has it's own license (try yourself with "mvn help:effective-pom".

Option 2: Only use an ASL license, because LGPL can use ASL (and not the other way around).

Option 3: Only use a BSD license, because LGPL and ASL can use that.
Note: you need to specify a license so <distribution>repo</distribution> can be set.


Seperate issue: add <distribution>repo</distribution> to whichever licence it uses.

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