On 12/26/18 10:30 AM, Geertjan Wielenga wrote:
So, there's a couple of questions, do we need to start LEGAL issues for
these:
No, look up the answers - it's been asked a thousand times over the years :)
1. If we were to create an installer for installing Apache NetBeans (i.e.,
no JDK included, simply for installing NetBeans), could we distribute that
from our Apache NetBeans site?
See http://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#compiled-packages
You can, with various notices and caveats in mind, create convenience
binaries, but the project cannot vote on them for obvious reasons, nor
do they count as an official release. There are signing options
available for packages as well.
2. Can Oracle or Amazon etc take NetBeans and then create an installer for
its JDK and include NetBeans in that installer?
Yes, that's one of the main points of ALv2 :) Anyone can use/reuse our
software as they see fit, as long as they respect our trademarks,
patents, naming conventions etc.
3. What's the status in legal terms of Emilian's CoolBeans, i.e., can
anyone take Apache NetBeans source code at any point of the release and
rename it and then provide it in their own way? (I'm assuming Yes here, but
would be good to have that very clearly established.)
Yes, provided they keep the notices intact and do their best to prevent
confusion between their fork and the official product.
Gj
On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 12:33 PM Neil C Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
On Mon, 24 Dec 2018, 10:18 Oliver Rettig <[email protected] wrote:
Should'nt it be possible to create an installer with the nb-installer
infrastructure which can
download a JDK?
How are you going to run a Java-based installer to download a JDK if you
don't have a JDK?
Even in PraxisLIVE where I can and do bundle a JDK I'm no longer using the
nb-installer infrastructure - too many useful features missing.
Best wishes,
Neil
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