Aslak Helles�y wrote:

> The XDoclet project (http://xdoclet.sourceforge.net/) is considering
> applying for Jakarta/Apache membership. 

Glad to hear that ! 


> We believe that these differences are sufficient in order to avoid
> potential licensing problems with Sun.

I'm not sure I understand where the licensing problems would come from.

Are you using any code from javadoc or Sun ? Are you implementing any Sun
APIs in XJavaDoc ?

The only possible problem I can see is the name ( which is very close ).


> 1) Can anyone with more knowledge about licenses tell me whether XJavaDoc
> is in violation with Sun's license for JavaDoc?

I don't have knowledge about licenses, but I fail to see how it could be
( unless you use some code or APIs from javadoc ).

Maybe a trademark violation - if JavaDoc is tm.

> 2) Would it be fair to claim that XJavaDoc is *not* a clean room
> implementation of JavaDoc?

That's something only XJavaDoc authors you can tell, and nobody else.
If you used JavaDoc source code in creating XJavaDoc - then it can't 
be a "clean room".  


Costin



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