Spring Roo
  1. Spring Roo
  2. ROO-2253

Change Spring Roo to Apache Software License version 2.0 (ASLv2)

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        • Type: Task Task
        • Status: Resolved
        • Priority: Minor Minor
        • Resolution: Complete
        • Affects Version/s: None
        • Fix Version/s: 1.2.0.M1
        • Component/s: @ RESOURCES
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          Description

          Spring Roo is primarily licensed under GPLv3. The annotation JARs are licensed under ASLv2 and GPLv3.

          Some members of the Spring community have expressed a preference Roo be licensed under ASLv2 only. This would simplify use within some organisations. We'd like to be responsive to the community and make this change for them.

          We maintained CLAs for every contribution pursuant to ROO-472, thus enabling this sort of change. Tickets ROO-1077 and ROO-1855 also highlight some of the community concern with GPLv3 that motivates a full switch to ASLV2.

          I have obtained the necessary VMware business and legal approvals to make this change. This task is to simply apply the new license files, documentation etc.

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            is related to

            Task - A task that needs to be done. ROO-1855 Clarify License Intend of ITLs

            • Critical - Crashes, loss of data, severe memory leak.
            • Resolved

            Task - A task that needs to be done. ROO-472 Track people who have executed the Contributor License Agreement (CLA)

            • Trivial - Cosmetic problem like misspelt words or misaligned text.
            • Resolved

            Task - A task that needs to be done. ROO-1077 Clearly explain intent of Roo license

            • Minor - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
            • Closed

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              Changes to LICENSE.TXT, annotations pom in Git ID 2fa42b6435f65316fc6f20f23cf43ed9c1e34c10

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                • Assignee:
                  Alan Stewart
                  Reporter:
                  Ben Alex
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