[Bug 1271193] Review Request: osgi-compendium - Interfaces and Classes for use in compiling OSGi bundles

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271193



--- Comment #8 from Mikolaj Izdebski <mizdebsk@xxxxxxxxxx> ---
Some notes:

1) OSGi API can be consider part of specification, which is non-free.
Downloading APIs from upstream page requires accepting non-free license.
Upstream website does not have a separate license page for code accompanying
the specification.

2) In some jurisdictions (incl. USA), API is not copyrightable material (i.e.
it is always public domain), but comments can be copyrighted. Pure API (with
stripped comments) can be considered as free software, even if there is no
explicit free license.

In my opinion packaging these APIs is at least problematic and should be done
with extra care. If possible I would avoid using any code from OSGi Aliance,
until this is cleared with legal.

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