Yes, I never implied the contrary sorry... I does seem we are in phase

marc


Thor Heinrichs-Wolpert wrote:
> 
> Which is what I said, I think.
> 
> Thor HW
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "marc fleury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "EJBoss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 1:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Misleading info about the GPL?
> 
> >
> >
> > Thor Heinrichs-Wolpert wrote:
> > >
> > > >  '[...] a "work based on the Program" means either the Program
> > > >  or any derivative work under copyright law: that is to say,
> > > >  a work containing the Program or a portion of it [...]'
> >
> > The package, the final runtime product with beans and jBoss, "contains"
> > the container and the beans, your work and our work.
> >
> > But stricly speaking *your* work is not based on *our* work, it does not
> > even contain it, you never "import" GPL code.
> > Your work does not contain our program.  The work being discussed, your
> > code, need not be GPL.
> >
> > That is a question that is fully settled in the Linux world, the package
> > "Oracle 8i on Linux" contains Linux (GPL) and Oracle 8i (non-GPL).
> >
> > marc
> >
> > > >
> > > > phrase in the GPL. Beans are running in the same executable as
> > > > the server; how can you argue that this would not fall under
> > > > the 'containing' part above when things like dynamically loaded
> > > > C libraries and the bison stub code are commonly agreed on being
> > > > 'contained', including by those who wrote the GPL?
> > >
> > > Agreed.  But, we know for a fact the application on Linux fall outside
> of
> > > this.  Yes the rely on common runtime libraries (Oracle on Linux for
> > > example) but they are independent of the GPL bits.  EJB is a component
> spec,
> > > and the components are independent pieces which utilize services suplied
> by
> > > a container, much like applications are utilizing the services of a
> GPL'ed
> > > OS (Linux).
> > >
> > > When you ship code, you must be able to supply the source of jboss, and
> ANY
> > > derivation of jboss.  You do not need to ship the source for your code.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Thor HW
> > >
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