Re: [rt-pmc] Oracle Free License CQ

[EMO EMO <emo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If it's not open source, then it has to be a "works with". Based on your description, it qualifies. That assumes my assertion that Eclipse Vert.x is very useful without the content and that consumers have a choice of whether or not they'll accept it. Basically, somebody using Oracle Database as a backend will have separately acquired a license for it and have agreed to the terms of the JAR independent of accepting the terms of the Eclipse Vert.x project license.

Whether or not you can have "glue" code to connect to this content in project code really only depends on whether or not the license of that code permits the linking.

FWIW, I'm pretty sure that EclipseLink does something simliar.

Create it as a "works with", and select "---- other licenses ----". Provide the best answers that you can in the other fields.

Wayne

On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 12:39 PM Julien Viet <julien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I can't see any "other" option in the list.

the other thing blocking me is that as it is not open source, there is
no source code to provide.


On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 5:44 PM EMO EMO <emo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> You can. There should be an "other" option in the list. If not, then just pick something and include that explanation in the description or a comment.
>
> This sounds to me like functionality that is optionally available to a consumer/adopter, so it's probably a "works with" CQ. The idea behind a "works with" is that Eclipse Vert.x does all sorts of wonderful things without that content, but when that content is present (it's the consumer/adopter's responsibility to accept the licensing terms), it does more wonderful things.
>
> For completeness, this assumes that the license is actually compatible with the project license. I'm pretty sure that it is, but the IP Team are the experts.
>
> HTH,
>
> Wayne
>
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 8:53 AM Julien Viet <julien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> we would like to implement a Vert.x client for Oracle database that
>> uses the reactive API.
>>
>> This jar is licensed under the Oracle Free License
>> (https://www.oracle.com/downloads/licenses/oracle-free-license.html)
>> and does not appear in the list of license of the CQ form.
>>
>> I would like to determine whether we can create an implementation of
>> Vert.x SQL client that uses these classes and how the CQ should be
>> created.
>>
>> best regards
>>
>> Julien Viet
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