OrientDB jnr-posix Licensing

[abhaychaware]

orientDb-graphdb-3.2.29 itself is opensource and licensed under Apache 2.0, but one of its dependencies jnr-posix-3.1.15 is licensed under multiple licenses including GPL.

https://github.com/jnr/jnr-posix/blob/jnr-posix-3.1.15/LICENSE.txt

Since I am a consumer of orientDb-graphdb-3.2.29 which is Apache license, do I need to worry about GPL licensing of jnr-posix-3.1.15?

[tglman]

Hi,

As is written in the license file you linked

  Eclipse Public License version 2.0
    OR
  GNU General Public License version 2
    OR
  GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1

Eclipse Public License is compatible with Apache 2

[abhaychaware]

Thanks for the response. I am using this jar orientDb-graphdb-3.2.29 ( Apache2.0 license ) in my commercial product. Out of the three license opions provided for this jnr-posix-3.1.15 library, can I simply "choose" the "Eclipse Public License version 2.0" license for this library, as I am using it in a etirely as-is/non-modified way?

[tglman]

I'm not a lawyer myself, and you should be speaking with one if you have doubts for your commercial product.

What I can tell you is that from our how evaluations this do no create issue with Apache license that's why is in the dependencies.

[abhaychaware]

Okay, thank you for your response @tglman.