| Re: [nebula-dev] Question about licences & packaging |
why not using batik?
Tom
Am 22.09.20 um 20:20 schrieb Jonah Graham:
> Hi Laurent,
>
> Improved SVG sounds great.
>
> However GPL and Eclipse really do not get along well. Nothing in Eclipse
> can depend on a GPL piece of code. Have a look at
> https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/faq.php#h.sfzscklic49g
> <https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/faq.php#h.sfzscklic49g>
>
> For example, you couldn't add jFreeSVG to Orbit or to Nebula as a
> dependency.
>
> Your best bet is to ask JFreeSVG to relicense or dual license. There are
> only 4 committers on record, with the vast majority (99%) being the
> project owner (https://github.com/jfree/jfreesvg/graphs/contributors
> <https://github.com/jfree/jfreesvg/graphs/contributors>). If he can
> license it EPL then you are good to go.
>
> I am not a lawyer - but I hope the above is helpful.
>
> Jonah
>
>
> ~~~
> Jonah Graham
> Kichwa Coders
> www.kichwacoders.com <http://www.kichwacoders.com>
>
>
> On Tue, 22 Sep 2020 at 13:33, Laurent Caron <laurent.caron@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:laurent.caron@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I'm currently working on bug 566 565 :
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=566565
> <https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=566565>
>
> The idea is to use the jFreeSVG library
> (https://github.com/jfree/jfreesvg
> <https://github.com/jfree/jfreesvg>) and embed a swing object with
> SWT/AWT Bridge.
>
> I've got some questions
>
> a) The library is not a plugin. Should we use it as a "simple"
> library ? Should we create a plugin with the source code ?
>
> b) This library is under GPLv3 licence. Is it ok if we use in Nebula ?
>
> c) I'm also experiment a weird idea : port jFreeSVG to SWT. In this
> case, what is the process ? Is there any licence problem ?
>
> Thank you for your answers.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Laurent
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