Thought so, thanks Dims. Z.
On 9/24/06, Davanum Srinivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
FYI, All Apache projects will be release *ONLY* under Apache Software License 2.0: http://www.apache.org/licenses/ -- dims On 9/24/06, Zubin Wadia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Uday, > > For one - ActiveBPEL is GPL. ODE will be under: > > http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/ODExSITE/Licensing > > (ODE Team - is the above link still valid?) > > From my experience, while ActiveBPEL is a perfectly usable engine - you > generally end up wanting to buy a commercial version as this gives you the > following: > > http://www.active-endpoints.com/products/activebpelent/activebpel_tomcat/index.html > > I can't see anybody deploying a BPEL process without process persistence > capabilities. So essentially - if you want to "really" use it - you have to > go commercial. > > It is ODE's intent to provide capabilities such as process persistence with > no strings attached. > > Back in the day, John Newton, ex-Documentum and currently Alfresco ECM > founder had the same impression - while the ActiveBPEL engine itself was > attractive, the constricted license structure prevented it from being > included/integrated into their ECM suite. > > Hope this helps. > > Cheers, > > Zubin. > > On 9/23/06, Uday Subbarayan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi All: > > I just came across Ode and wondering why do we need another open source > > BPEL engine as we already have ActiveBPEL? > > > > I am sure there will be lot's of reasons(tech & business) behind it and > > just want to understand it... > > > > Thanks, > > -Uday. > > > > I don't blog but e-write here: > > http://uds-web.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out. > > > > -- Davanum Srinivas : http://www.wso2.net (Oxygen for Web Service Developers)
