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Strange claim, actually. Considering that it's under LGPL, so the legal team must and want to know about it.
by splix 3y ago
Strange claim, actually. Considering that it's under LGPL, so the legal team must and want to know about it.
- okillbite 3y agoDeal breaker for us, since alternatives exist that aren't so hobbled.
- peterashford 3y agoI get legal having issues with GPL but LGPL???
- splix 3y agoIt's still possible to violate the license. I guess a "fat jar" distribution could be a trouble.
- peterashford 3y agoThats what the classpath exception is for, no?
- sea-gold 3y agoFYI, Hibernate (used by a lot of Java shops) is also LGPL 2.1 licensed. https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/blob/main/lgpl.txt https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/blob/main/lgpl.tx... https://www.tldrlegal.com/license/gnu-lesser-general-public-license-v2-1-lgpl-2-1 https://www.tldrlegal.com/license/gnu-lesser-general-public-...
- splix 3y agoBut they don't claim that your legal team should not be bothered? I mean, that's the strange part, not the license itself
- bombolo 3y agoWhile it's ok to violate the terms of software under other licenses?