Bug#786550: libwoodstox-java: should either install lgpl and asl artifacts or only asl

[Markus Koschany]

On 22.05.2015 19:44, Emmanuel Bourg wrote:
> The classes in the two jars are identical, shipping two jars in one
> package would be a waste of space.
> 
> This dichotomy between ASL/LGPL artifacts is absurd in my opinion,
> upstream should ship the library once, simply state it's dual licensed
> and let the users decide the license they want for their work.

Absolutely agreed. I also consider this to be an upstream issue in the
first place.


> As a convenience we should probably provide both Maven artifacts (but
> with a symlink to avoid the duplication of the jar), that will simplify
> the usage of the package (no more substitution rules).

That's a good idea.

Markus

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