Perhaps my knowledge of open source is dated, but how can an open source project stop someone from forking off of their code?
At 10:49 AM 8/6/2003 -0500, you wrote: >I look at the threat of lawsuits defending open source IP as more evidence >that open source is becoming a viable business model. It means there is >money on the table that somebody wants. ;) > >The summary is that the JBoss project (http://www.jboss.org) was snubbed a >long time ago by the Apache Software Foundation to provide a base for an >Apache J2EE project. Yesterday, the ASF has announced a J2EE effort >(http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=10872) and stated that JBoss developers >are part of the effort. I'll bet its actually former JBoss developers who >previously walked out of the project. The guy heading up the JBoss project >(Marc Fleury) has his panties in a wad and will not allow the JBoss source >to be licensed under the Apache Software License. > >More soap opera below. > >John Hebert > >-----Original Message----- >From: marc fleury >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 8/5/03 11:33 PM >Subject: [jboss-news] July 2003 news > >... > >NEWS >Xxxx > >JBoss J2EE certification effort. >JBoss is increasingly used in production and as you all move to >production we realize that certification brand becomes an important >check mark. We have the financials to take it on, so we are. So many >people have asked us where that was at and the press is having a field >day with the story. It seems everyone likes drama. So there is no >drama at least not anymore on our side. For all intents and purposes, >JBoss has agreed to ALL the conditions imposed by SUN. It includes what >for us is a hefty sum of money. They didn't give us a break, they >didn't give us any break, which is kind of normal if you think about it >as there are many parties involved and SUN must treat all licensees the >same. In short the ball is in SUN's court and we are looking forward >to inking the contract. > >Apache J2EE effort. >First a bit of history. I offered EJBoss when it was 4 month old to >Apache. The guys at Jakarta vote OK unanimously and their vote was >overridden by Brian Behlendorf. The reason from behlendorf was that they >'were not the dust bin of open source projects'. I heard the Apache >crowd got offended for me calling them "a bunch of fat ladies drinking >tea" at a later date when they were running around telling us how to run >our project. We had reports that this was the non-official reason for >this "challenge". Challenge accepted. More seriously as we overtake >them in corporate penetration and business model, I guess they are >finally looking beyond the HTTPD C codebase and imitation is the >sincerest form of flattery. > >We are the real thing, all we have so far is talk and announcement, >announcements are a dime a dozen. Apache code on this project has yet >to be released and then production reached and then maturity bla bla >bla. I have little comment on the project except to say that JBOSS IS >NOT A PART OF IT. In a misleading announcement Apache chairman's Greg >Stein implied JBoss was participating and that JBOSS CODE WAS PART OF >THE PROJECT. No current JBoss developers are participating in the >Apache J2EE project and since JBoss is LGPL only full copyright holders >can offer JBoss code under other licenses. Bottom line? JBoss can't be >forked by apache. As our customers know, we are a business, a serious >one and we seriously believe in and defend "professional open source". >That includes legal protection of IP. Make no mistakes, JBoss will >AGGRESIVELY defend its copyright and LGPL license. > >... > >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Marc Fleury, Ph.D >Founder >JBoss Group, LLC >xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >_______________________________________________ >jboss-news mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://mail.jboss.org:8080/mailman/listinfo/jboss-news > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology, LLC <http://www.puryear-it.com> Providing expertise in the management, integration, and security of Windows and UNIX systems, networks, and applications.
