3-clause BSD License

[Márton Balassi]

Hi,

I'd like to add a dependency that is licensed under the  3-clause BSD
License. The ASF legal FAQ only mentions the 2-clause version as compatible
with the Apache License.

Could someone please clarify the situation for me?

[Sean Owen-2]

2-clause and 3-clause are quite similar for this purpose as they
differ only in a clause about endorsement:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses#2-clause_license_.28.22Simplified_BSD_License.22_or_.22FreeBSD_License.22.29

My interpretation of http://www.apache.org/legal/3party.html is that
both are "authorized licenses".

The example at http://www.apache.org/dev/licensing-howto.html also
supports this since it refers to 3-clause.

On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 8:09 AM, Márton Balassi
<[hidden email]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to add a dependency that is licensed under the  3-clause BSD
> License. The ASF legal FAQ only mentions the 2-clause version as compatible
> with the Apache License.
>
> Could someone please clarify the situation for me?

[Stephan Ewen]

I have seen 3-clause BSD license used quite a bit in Apache projects.

When you want to add a dependency, just add an entry at in the two LICENSE
files (one in the root, one in "flink-dist/src/flink-bin").

Stephan

[Márton Balassi]

Thanks guys.


On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Stephan Ewen <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I have seen 3-clause BSD license used quite a bit in Apache projects.
>
> When you want to add a dependency, just add an entry at in the two LICENSE
> files (one in the root, one in "flink-dist/src/flink-bin").
>
> Stephan
>