Thread: [Php-java-bridge-users] Apache License on 3 files

Hello,
I found at http://www.ohloh.net/projects/4800  (interesting page for
php-java-bridge) that php-java-bridge has 3 files using Apache License.
Searched the sources and found:
php-java-bridge/examples/php+jsp/numberguess.jsp    ASL 2.0
php-java-bridge/server/php/java/bridge/Base64EncodingOutputBuffer.java
ASL 2.0
php-java-bridge/server/php/java/servlet/CGIServlet.java ASL 1.1

As noted at
http://www.ohloh.net/projects/4800/factoids/122875
ASL and GPL are incompatible.
http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html

Maybe some long forgotten files in the tree, but the issue should be
clarified.
Please, will these files continue to be licensed under ASL?
Could they be moved to GPL?


Regards.
Andre Felipe Machado
http://www.techforce.com.br

Hi Andrè,

most of the *.java files are licensed under the MIT
license, except javax/script/* and 3 files in
php/java/bridge.

Sanka's open-source javax.script implementation is
licensed under the Apache License (unspecified
version).

Base64EncodingOutputBuffer.java was taken from the
Apache "Geronimo" application server, licensed under
Apache Software License 2.

CGIServlet.java was written by Martin Dengler and is
licensed under the Apache Software License
(unspecified version).

DynamicClassLoader.java was written by Kai Londenberg
and is licensed under the PHP license, which is
similar in spirit to the Apache Software License.


> php-java-bridge/examples/php+jsp/numberguess.jsp   

This file is obsolete.

> Base64EncodingOutputBuffer.java ASL 2.0

There are certainly other implementations. I think the
classpath project contains one licensed under the
lesser GPL. But I prefer to keep the *.java files
under the MIT or Apache license.

> CGIServlet.java ASL 1.1

We could ask Martin if he is willing to distribute it
under a different license.

> As noted at
> http://www.ohloh.net/projects/4800/factoids/122875
> ASL and GPL are incompatible.

I don't see how the lesser GPL is incompatible to the
Apache or PHP license. 


> Could they be moved to GPL?

The Base64 encoder could be replaced. But I don't know
if the other authors are willing to distribute their
code under a different license.



Regards,
Jost Boekemeier



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