For Apache, I understand the CDDL is ok to distribute in binary form *only*.

See: http://people.apache.org/~cliffs/3party.html



Joe Bohn wrote:
> I mentioned in an earlier post that it appears our best option for
> including JSTL 1.2 for Java EE 5 is to pick up the Glassfish JSTL
> library.  It is licensed under CDDL.  Does anybody know of any issues or
> concerns from a license perspective that would prevent us from doing this?
> 
> AFAIK the major difference between CDDL and AL2 is that CDDL requires
> that source for fixes/mods be contributed back to the originator.  I
> don't expect us to be making any changes to the Glassfish JSTL.  If we
> did find it necessary then our preference would be to get the fix
> included in the source and pick up a newer release to distribute.  So I
> don't believe there are any issues here but if anybody else if aware of
> any please speak up.
> 
> Thanks,
> Joe

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