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CNCF Projects using Akka are at risk as their LICENSE has changed to BSL 1.1

Open dims opened this issue 3 years ago • 1 comments

We need to check if any of our projects use Akka and figure out how to transition/sunset the support or usage of Akka

  • https://www.lightbend.com/blog/why-we-are-changing-the-license-for-akka
  • https://www.lightbend.com/akka/license-faq

Also see https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-620 and https://flink.apache.org/news/2022/09/08/akka-license-change.html

dims avatar Sep 08 '22 23:09 dims

otel-java seems to be using Akka https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/search?q=akka

dims avatar Sep 08 '22 23:09 dims

This is currently scheduled for review in the June 8th meeting of the Legal Committee.

amye avatar May 26 '23 22:05 amye

https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/main/source-available-recommendations.md has been published. @dims - do we need more on this?

amye avatar Aug 15 '23 17:08 amye

@amye all good Amye. we can close this now. thanks!

dims avatar Aug 15 '23 17:08 dims