We, the committers of XMLBeans think licensing of different pieces that XMLBeans uses is very important.
I'm not a layer, please correct me if I'm wrong, but here is my take on this problem: XMLBeans code depends on external/lib/jsr173_api.jar, this API jar is extracted from external/lib/jsr173.jar which is downloaded from http://workshop.bea.com/xmlbeans/jsr173v1/jsr173.jar. The download is done on ant deploy only if a jsr173.jar is not found at that location. The jsr173_1.0_api.jar contains binaries for The Streaming API for XML (StAX), also known as JSR173. Since, BEA was the lead of this JSR, it was responsible for making this binary under a publicly usable license under the JCP rules. Further more, the file jsr173_api.jar included in Sun's jwsdp-1.6\sjsxp\lib is the same binary, under the same BEA.RI.LIC.txt license. XMLBeans v2.0.0 distribution files include the jsr173_api.jar file, but it doesn't include license.txt for it. If there are no objections, I will update the distribution files to include the file BEA.RI.LIC.txt, in the next few days. Cezar > -----Original Message----- > From: robert burrell donkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 5:27 PM > To: dev@xmlbeans.apache.org > Subject: Re: Legal issue: Considering Sun's JSR173 implementation over > Bea's > > On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 12:24 +0300, Panu Hällfors wrote: > > Good morning! > > > > I'm returning to the jsr173_api.jar licensing issue > > I noted about some time ago. > > > > We've found out that the jsr173_api.jar bundled with XMLBeans > > is most likely ripped off from Bea's reference implementation > > available at http://ftpna2.bea.com/pub/downloads/jsr173.jar. > > However, Bea's distribution doesn't explicitely define > > _any license at all_ for the api jar (which, at least here in > > Finland, means that legally you have no right of any kind to > > use it!). > > > > Thus, we're using Sun's implementation of JSR-173 from their > > Web services developer pack. > > (http://java.sun.com/webservices/downloads/webservicespack.html) > > > > Sun's implementation has proper license documentation which > > allows you to use and redistribute jsr173_api.jar. In addition, > > it seems to work with XMLBeans out of the box (at least at runtime, > > didn't check code generation yet). > > > > > > I'd recommend XMLBeans authors to switch over to Sun's > > implementation in the official XMLBeans distribution, too. > > > > The seemingly minor license problem might not be a problem > > for you as individual developers, but it may prevent other > > parties from using XMLBeans. Companies just cannot take such > > immaterial property right risks. > > hi panu > > the apache software foundation takes copyright issues very seriously. > > FYI xml-beans was donated to the ASF by BEA so the jar in question may > well be covered by agreements already in place. (though it probably > needs to be labelled better.) alternatively, there may have been some > kind of administrative mix-up. i'll make some enquiries... > > - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
