Meskauskas Audrius wrote: > Hello, Mark, > > Doing web search I found that one Apache group, Geronimo project, > currently needs CORBA implementation, cannot find that they want and are > about to write it from scratch. I suggested them to try our CORBA. I > think it would be good; they can at least discover and report bugs, not > already speaking about potential prospects to get more developers. That > group do not want to use our work because they say our license is GPL.
It's GPL+"linking exception". Some people tend to assume that everything from the FSF is published under the GPL, and are not aware of the differences between the various licensing arrangements. > Maybe you could help me to persuade that folk? Afaik, TriFork[1] offered to the Geronimo project to donate their corba implementation under the apache license already, and I believe they should be fleshing out the details once the TriFork devs are back from vacation, as I heard. For the ASF, I guess an implementation under their own license is preferable [2]. If the trifork talks do not work out, I guess the ASF will look into other alternatives. If you want to persuade them to think harder about classpath's license, just submit a patch to Geronimo that uses GNU Classpath's ORB instead of whatever they have atm. Having a patch that shows that GNU Classpath's ORB works (better) for Geronimo would give your argument cheers, dalibor topic [1] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/geronimo-dev/200507.mbox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] [2] Similarly to how FSF/Debian/anyone else prefers to distribute software under terms it agrees with[3] and understands[4]. Different people draw lines at different places. It's a complex world. Some people are pretty weird [5], avoid them. [3] 'GPL is a cancer' according to Microsoft's Steve Ballmer. [4] See SCO's Darl McBrides' 'GPL is unconstitutional and void' rants. And how IBM uses the GPL to kick SCO's butt in court. :) [5] http://www.voluntarytrade.org/newsite/modules/zmagazine/article.php?articleid=20 _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
