Hello legal team,

I forward a legal concern about JettyPlus. Please see the following mail
and the background thread for more information
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=lenya-dev&w=2&r=1&s=Licensing+issues&q=b

Thanks in advance for some advice.

salu2
thorsten

El mar, 03-01-2006 a las 10:02 +0100, Felix Röthenbacher escribió:
> Antonio Gallardo wrote:
> > Felix Röthenbacher wrote:
> > 
> >> What about using Maven for Lenya and download the dependencies if 
> >> required?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I found (again) the work in progress decribing the licenses compatibility:
> > 
> > http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta/LicenceIssues
> > 
> > Hope this helps.
> 
> 
> Hi Antonio
> 
> Thanks for investigating this licence issue. I did a short review of the
> license granted by Sun for Java Mail and JavaBean Activation Framework
> and want to quote short excerpts from the license which seems relevant
> to me for discussion:
> 
> ----
> 
> JavaMail 1.3.3:
> 
> 6. Java Compatibility and Open Source.
> 
> Software may contain Java technology. You may not
> create additional classes to, or modifications of, the
> Java technology, except under compatibility
> requirements available under a separate agreement
> available at www.java.net.
> 
> Sun supports and benefits from the global community of
> open source developers, and thanks the community for
> its important contributions and open standards-based
> technology, which Sun has adopted into many of its
> products.
> 
> Please note that portions of Software may be provided
> with notices and open source licenses from such
> communities and third parties that govern the use of
> those portions, and any licenses granted hereunder do
> not alter any rights and obligations you may have
> under such open source licenses, however, the
> disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability
> provisions in this Agreement will apply to all
> Software in this distribution.
> 
> ----
> 
> JavaBean Activation Framework 1.0.2:
> 
>     1. Software Internal Use and Development License
>     Grant.  Subject to the terms and conditions of
>     this Agreement, including, but not limited to
>     Section 3 (Java(TM) Technology Restrictions) of
>     these Supplemental Terms, Sun grants you a
>     non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited license
>     to reproduce internally and use internally the
>     binary form of the Software, complete and
>     unmodified, for the sole purpose of designing,
>     developing and testing your Java applets and
>     applications ("Programs").
> 
>     2. License to Distribute Software.  In addition to
>     the license granted in Section 1 (Software
>     Internal Use and Development License Grant) of
>     these Supplemental Terms, subject to the terms and
>     conditions of this Agreement, including but not
>     limited to, Section 3 (Java Technology
>     Restrictions) of these Supplemental Terms, Sun
>     grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable,
>     limited license to reproduce and distribute the
>     Software in binary code form only, provided that
>     you (i) distribute the Software complete and
>     unmodified and only bundled as part of your
>     Programs, (ii) do not distribute additional
>     software intended to replace any component(s) of
>     the Software, (iii) do not remove or alter any
>     proprietary legends or notices contained in the
>     Software, (iv) only distribute the Software
>     subject to a license agreement that protects Sun's
>     interests consistent with the terms contained in
>     this Agreement, and (v) agree to defend and
>     indemnify Sun and its licensors from and against
>     any damages, costs, liabilities, settlement
>     amounts and/or expenses (including attorneys'
>     fees) incurred in connection with any claim,
>     lawsuit or action by any third party that arises
>     or results from the use or distribution of any and
>     all Programs and/or Software.
> 
> ---
> 
> The link you quoted above states for Sun BCL that
> binaries "maybe" downloadable from Apache. The
> JavaBean Activation Framework is licensed under Sun BCL
> and it would be interesting if the "maybe" means yes for
> JAF. Maybe Sun's contact at the bottom of the license can
> give any further information. I can't see any license
> category for the JavaMail binary though paragraph 6
> states that it is permissible to distribute the binary
> for open-source communities. The question arises if
> this is compatible with the Apache license.
> 
> If you can give any further information or pass this issue
> on to anybody with more insight in licencing procedures
> that would be very helpful.
> 
> Thanks a lot
> 
> Felix

-- 
thorsten

"Together we stand, divided we fall!" 
Hey you (Pink Floyd)


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