Re: [JBoss-user] Official position of the JBoss Group (or CDN) on the LGPL?

2003-07-21 Thread Kevin Duffey
And, you can not resell LGPL as I understand it. How RedHat is able to sell Linux, for example, made up of LGPL, GPL and more, is that they charge for the service of assmebling a full installation, including the various works they do to make their own distribution the way it is. But the products,

[JBoss-user] Official position of the JBoss Group (or CDN) on the LGPL?

2003-07-18 Thread Barlow, Dustin
Saw this article on slashdot yesterday ... http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/2257224mode=threadt id=108tid=117tid=126tid=156tid=99 ... and although it looks like the guys from FSF have somewhat clarified their earlier statements, it still leaves some doubt as to how

Re: [JBoss-user] Official position of the JBoss Group (or CDN) on the LGPL?

2003-07-18 Thread Kevin Duffey
That said, I want to be sure I understand that this means I could take the JBoss product, and use it in my own proprietary or FSF based project? For example, if I want to use the JMX kernel and the JMS stuff to embed in my own commercial client application to have JMS functionality, I could do so

Re: [JBoss-user] Official position of the JBoss Group (or CDN) on the LGPL?

2003-07-18 Thread Kevin Duffey
Actually, I was hoping you or someone else with knowledge of this information would just come forth. I don't really have $250 an hour to ask a lawyer. My understanding of LGPL is that so long as the source itself is made available, stays open/free, and is acknowledged in some place in the product,