Distributing yjp-controller-api-redist.jar in Maven 2 Repo

[johanlindquist]

Hi,

I am a developer on the Basher project [1], part of which is a plug-in for Maven 2. Basher attempts to make it easier to profile & performance test code closer to the 'action'. As part of the project, I am hoping to add functionality which will control some aspects of the YourKit profiler, using your published APIs.

Now, in order to make the project "buildable" from source, I currently need to download YourKit and point the Maven 2 POM to it. To alleviate this and make it easier for possible users I was wondering what the thoughts are of YourKit releasing and distributing the redistributable (yjp-controller-api-redist.jar) jar through the Maven 2 repo? Would this be possible at all?

Looking forward to your thoughts & many thanks for a good product!

Cheers,

Johan

[1] http://basher.sourceforge.net

[Vladimir Kondratyev]

yjp-controller-api-redist.jar and profiler agent dynamic library are released under BSD license. You can redistribute them together with your sources under the terms of the license:

The following files can be redistributable under the license below:

yjpagent.dll
libyjpagent.so
libyjpagent.jnilib
yjp-controller-api-redist.jar

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[johanlindquist]

Hi,

Thanks for the response & I will take a look to see if I can get Maven to do this somehow.

Cheers,

Johan

[nite]

It seems this artifact is available at https://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails|com.nitayjoffe.thirdparty.yourkit-api|yjp-controller-api-redist|14.120.0|jar. There are also various other versions, too.

[Anton Katilin]

This was added by a 3rd party, not YourKit.

Since the license text is attached, it's OK. However, in case of doubt, please always use the jars downloaded directly from the YourKit site. We cannot validate anything uploaded to other sites.

[sahild]

Hi,
I am trying to get clarification on redistribution of the controller api jar and the yjpagent dlls and so"s. that is mentioned in this thread.
Do we need to have a YourKit license to redistribute these files with a product we are selling?
Currently we are looking at including these files with our product so that we can have our customers select a menu choice to capture a memory snapshot which they can send back to us or if they have their own copy of YourKit to do their own analysis.

Thanks,
Steve

[Vladimir Kondratyev]

Yes, you need have a license. Without a license it is not possible to analyze snapshots.

Best regards,
Vladimir Kondratyev
YourKit GmbH
http://www.yourkit.com
"Don't get lost in data, get information!"

[sahild]

We acquired a product that we are currently selling and the software has included the files listed in your response to the original poster of this thread. They assumed the licensing you posted covered distribution.The version that is currently being included is 9.5.4 which looks to have been released around 2010. This version worked fine until we started moving to Java 8 and the jars and dlls don't work to create a memory snapshot, most likely since memory is handled differently in Java 8.
I downloaded the latest version of YourKit and if I use the jar and agent dll from that release we are able to create a memory snapshot. Are the files listed from the current release still distributable like those from 2010?

We are just using the agent to create a memory snapshot which we would need our customer send back to us to analyze.I know we would need a license to run YourKit to analyze the snapshot but do we need to have a license to distribute the files? Would getting a single license allow us to distribute?
If there is an issue I can remove use of your agent dlls and jar file.
Thanks
Steve

[Anton Katilin]

I downloaded the latest version of YourKit and if I use the jar and agent dll from that release we are able to create a memory snapshot. Are the files listed from the current release still distributable like those from 2010?

Yes, the latest version contains the same list of redistributable files. Please see license-redist.txt

I know we would need a license to run YourKit to analyze the snapshot but do we need to have a license to distribute the files?

Please see license-redist.txt. The files you can redistribute are enough to capture snapshots.

[sahild]

Thank you Anton for the quick response.
Steve