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The Apache Software Foundation doesn't allow LGPL dependencies for one because the LGPL stipulation that it must be possible to replace the LGPL component impos
by rectang 8y ago
The Apache Software Foundation doesn't allow LGPL dependencies for one because the LGPL stipulation that it must be possible to replace the LGPL component imposes a requirement which is not present in the ALv2 -- thus the the ALv2 cannot subsume the LGPL and a bundled package including the LGPL dependency cannot be distributed as ALv2.
This is a policy issue, not a legal one. Such a package would still be legal to distribute, but it would not meet the ASF policy that all ASF products be distributed under the ALv2.