Sorry, wrong mail address the first time.

salu2

El mar, 03-01-2006 a las 10:12 +0100, Thorsten Scherler escribió:
> 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!" 
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