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[dsdp-pmc] TM "works with" or "pre-req" dependency on RXTX (LGPL)
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Dear
PMC,
The TM Project has
been including a plugin for its Terminal Widget,
which allows
to drive serial line text-mode connections in the
Terminal.
We've been coding
against the external RXTX library [1] for this,
which is under
a slightly
modified LGPL license, but are not shipping
RXTX ourselves.
Consequently, downloaders need to download RXTX
from external source
in order to get serial line access, although they
can use the Terminal
with other protocols if they don't have RXTX.
I've just become
aware of the Eclipse Guidelines for the Review of
Third
Party
Dependencies [2], which are effective June 21, 2007 and
which
require us to
announce this dependency by means of a CQ even if we
don't ship the
external library ourselves. See also [3] for the entire IP
process, which
mentions the 3rd party guideline in its last-but-on step.
As per the
guidelines, I'm required to first discuss with the PMC
whether
our dependency
acutally is of "pre-req" or "works-with" type.
I'm starting
this process with
this E-Mail.
Our Terminal
provides other connection types as well (Telnet and
SSH),
which do not require RXTX. So, the Serial/RXTX
connection
is optional;
but, for the Serial connection to actually
work, RXTX
is
required. Given the definition in [2], I'd think that our contribution
is
"works-with" but
I'm not
sure.
We could, of course,
also request clarification of the policy from the
EMO for the
likely
much-happening case where some "connectors"
or "bridges"
are offered
by Eclipse.org software, and one of them
requires the
3rd party
dependency -- An option (a) (iii) seems to be
missing,
where
multiple options exist not all of which are 3rd party
and where the functionality (provided protocol) is slightly
different.
Anyways,
I
wanted to
ask you folks first.
What do you
think?
Cheers,
--
Martin Oberhuber, Senior Member of Technical
Staff, Wind River
Target Management Project
Lead, DSDP PMC Member
