[jcifs] Supposed problem with the LGPL. Sigh.

[Allen, Michael B (RSCH)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	eglass1 at comcast.net [SMTP:eglass1 at comcast.net]
> 
> Here's my understanding of this, and the logic I applied when looking at
> distributing Davenport (I don't know if this is still an open question or
> not -- I've been in the Canadian wilderness for the past week).  Assuming a
> program uses an unmodified jCIFS, all obligations under the LGPL are covered
> in section 6:
> 
>     You must give prominent notice with each copy of the work that the Library
>     is used in it and that the Library and its use are covered by this License.
	...

	My understanding of this was that it was being claimed that importing
	individual classes from the library would be grounds for that users library to
	be LGPL'd as well which is just plain false. As for presenting the license
	and how you distribute the library and all that, that's just to ensure that the
	tool chain is in place to validate the distributors obligations. For open
	source projects like ours where the source is an easy google away I don't
	think anyone would be reprimanded for not including it. Including a link
	when describing what the jcifs-x.x.x.jar file is in the installation instructions
	is enough recognition for me (of course it's not up to me).

	Mike