jan i wrote: >> I want to make sure I have not overlooked a policy or rule.
Corinthia is not required to be compatible with any particular platform. Consider why this is desirable: one might provide open source code which only works with a proprietary compiler, and then someone else might take your open source and adapt it for use with a different compiler. So long as the licensing of the open source product distributed by Apache is not impacted by the platform choice in such a way that it would cause it to violate law or Apache policy, we're in the clear. See this Legal FAQ: http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved#platform Roman Shaposhnik wrote in reply to jan i: > I'm not aware of any policy like that. That said, I'd say the rule in my book > is very close to Linux packaging guidelines. Open source software *must* > be bootsrappable from source using *only* open source software binaries > as the input. > > It is absolutely fine to use the closed source tools to facilitate the release > process, etc. But the above rule has to hold if you want to call yourself > open source. That would add conditions which go beyond OSI's widely accepted Open Source Definition: http://opensource.org/osd Also, "Linux packaging guidelines"? What does that refer to? The Debian Free Software Guidelines? Marvin Humphrey --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
