On Tue, Apr 06, 1999 at 09:49:35PM +0200, Mark Wielaard wrote:
>
> 3. Java Platform Interface. Licensee may not
> modify the Java Platform
> Interface (JPI, identified as classes
> contained within the javax package or any
> subpackages of the javax package), by
> creating additional classes within the JPI or
> otherwise causing the addition to or
> modification of the classes in the JPI.
> [...]
> We really need the serialisation information to be fully compatible
> and it would be nice to see what actually changed between 2.1 and 2.1.1,
> but I don't trust those clauses. The license defines Software as:
>
> Java Servlet Implementation Classes software and documentation ("Software").
I just want to add that the old JSDK 2.0 download version doesn't say anything
about creating additional classes within the JPI and did not define Software
as classes AND documentation.
I hate these restrictive licenses. Especially if it is unclear what they
try to restrict...
Cheers,
Mark
