I'm still trying to get better clarification on from our lawyers, but their first pass said there was some type of requirement to make the source available when distributing binaries.
Who is handling talking this issue to the Apache lawyers? > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Kienenberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 7:13 AM > To: MyFaces Development > Subject: Re: svn commit: r350265 - /myfaces/api/trunk/src/java/javax/faces/component/UIComponent.java > > I removed it as soon as I realized there was still a lack of clarity > on this issue. > However, (and I'm not a lawyer), the CDDL looks compatible with the > Apache license to me. > > On 12/2/05, Abrams, Howard A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A while back someone asked if ASF was reviewing CDDL to allow including > > part of glassfish into a future MyFaces JSF1.2 implementation. Did a > > review ever happen? > > > > My understanding is JSF1.2 (and the rest of glassfish) is CDDL licensed, > > and that CDDL is _NOT_ compatible with the Apache license. Someone from > > Apache legal needs to review this issue, and in the meantime we need to > > remove anything that comes from the JEE5 RI. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Simon Kitching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 12:14 PM > > > To: MyFaces Development > > > Subject: Re: svn commit: r350265 - > > /myfaces/api/trunk/src/java/javax/faces/component/UIComponent.java > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Author: mkienenb > > > > Date: Thu Dec 1 07:59:09 2005 > > > > New Revision: 350265 > > > > > > > > URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=350265&view=rev > > > > Log: > > > > Copied JSF RI 1.2 javadoc for setParent(UIComponent) > > > > > > Do we really have the "all clear" to copy JSF1.2 javadoc to MyFaces? > > > I know that one of the MyFaces developers stated that he had chatted > > > with Ed Burns (JSF1.2 spec lead) on IRC and had been told that the > > > license for JSF1.2 allowed this. But that's kind of informal. > > > > > > Has anyone actually read the license that the JSF1.2 javadoc is under, > > > and confirmed that it is acceptable to copy this into MyFaces 1.1.x? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Simon > > > >
