Step 1 - Open Mouth
Step 2- Grasp Left Foot Firmly in both hands
Step 3 .......
Perhaps I'll see if I can find out Sun's intent on licensing before diving
in.... :)
marc fleury wrote:
> step right up,
> here's your bat.
> Dan care to pitch?
>
> amrc
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andy Lewis
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 8:52 AM
> > To: jBoss Developer
> > Subject: Re: [jBoss-Dev] Security?
> >
> >
> > I did note that the current release from Sun is noted as "Early
> > Access" but
> > groups with other extensions, such as JNDI. That would imply that perhaps
> > they will release the "final" version under the same type of licensing.
> >
> > I also noted that, as the Java APIs go, JAAS doesn't appear to be the most
> > complex, and the developer's guide does clearly state that vendors are
> > "encouraged" to provide implementations of it. If the Open Source
> > community
> > can do EJB, JTA, Servlets, etc, an implementation of JAAS should alos be
> > achievable...
> >
> > Andy Lewis wrote:
> >
> > > Well now, that will certainly encourage people to adopt that api....
> > >
> > > Wong Kok Wai wrote:
> > >
> > > > IBM has released versions of JAAS as part of their JDK 1.3
> > for Linux and
> > > > Windows. But the license forbids distribution.
> > > >
> > > > Oleg Nitz wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > BTW, JAAS 1.0 from SUN is a "non-commercial reference
> > implementation".
> > > > > Using it in jBoss makes the latter also "for non-commercial
> > use only".
> > > > > Any comments on this?
> > > > > Does anybody know about other JAAS implementations?
> > > > >
> >
> >
> >
