OTel .NET AutoInstrumentation - MySql.Data license dependency verification

[Kielek]

OpenTelemetry .NET Automatic Instrumentation provides instrumentation functionality to MySql.Data nuget package.

The production code does not contain any reference to MySql.Data nor /MySql.Data.OpenTelemetry. It is listening only on events/activities created by MySql.Data. It is handled by this substription.

MySql.Data library is referenced only in the testing applications.

Nuget packages are marked as License GPL-2.0-only license licenseWITH license licenseUniversal-FOSS-exception-1.0 license.

We have a request to validate if it is fine to keep such dependency in our code, what are the implications of this?

[trask]

hi @Kielek! I can't find an answer about test dependencies in https://github.com/cncf/foundation. We have examples similar to this in Java instrumentation as well. I'll open a CNCF Service Desk legal ticket to ask for clarification.

[trask]

oh sorry @danielgblanco I missed that you self-assigned this

[danielgblanco]

Yeah, we triaged this yesterday and I said I will open a Service Desk ticket for this. Will do now :)

[danielgblanco]

This is being looked at, to see if a license exception request is needed in this case.