I have declined to participate in any post-mortem activity. There are some relevant matters to clarify in the bringing of this thread to general@ incubator.a.o, however.
Comments in-line. > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Harui [mailto:aha...@adobe.com] > Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 09:32 > To: general@incubator.apache.org; d...@corinthia.incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: Post mortem request for the handling of the Corinthia > podling (was Re: FYI, I have subscribed to this list and to your private > list) > > Probably too late, but some comments in-line. [ ... ] > It appears that Qt is no longer under LGPL and now just GPL? [1] That > could limit the number of commercial users which is one reason why the > ASF > has the CategoryX restriction. [orcmid] Not exactly. What has been removed is LGPL 2.1. LGPL3 remains an option, along with GPL2, GPL3, and a separate commercial license. > [ ... ] > I don't know how Qt is packaged, but AIUI, the CategoryX restriction > does > not apply to build tools and runtimes. But whether you package it or > download it, if using it places restrictions on your customers than > that's > a problem. > [orcmid] There was a contortion of the optional dependency case for ASF releases. The proposed workaround was to make optional *substitutability* for the Qt dependency. But no substitute with equivalent functionality was proposed or on offer. A concern posted on the dev@ list gave cautionary warning the project might hit a wall with regard to this reversal of how optional dependency becomes acceptable, i.e. <http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#optional>. Inability to use Qt as the core framework for portable GUI clients became a technical deal-breaker for the podling, as Peter Kelly has already reported. [ ... ] > > [1] > http://www.qt.io/qt-news/qt-open-source-licensing-changed-product-structure-updated-strengthen-community-extend-adoption/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
