>A modified or amended license is problematic, as there is
>no established and well-known interpretation of it.
well this is a modified license tht has seen the firfight. They had a few
lawyers go over it and examine results.
>1) jBoss cannot include the Tomcat code and distribute
> the combination without breaking the APL license of
> Tomcat.
Nope APL doesn't care. It brakes the GPL if tomcat is included. Tomcat can
virtually not be in the same VM or else you are breaking the GPL.
>2) Tomcat cannot include the jBoss code and distribute
> the combination without breaking the GPL license of
> jBoss.
right.
>3) Someone (forgot who) refuses to add the jBoss code
> to their tree because they have a problem with the
> GPL license.
extention of 2 ?
>In the two first cases: These two programs can
>easily be distributed seperately.
Yes they can - but they wil never be able to interact in the same VM.
>In the last case: Don't we already have our own
>fine CVS tree?
>Would Linus Torvalds change the license of Linux
>if we refused to add it to our CVS tree because
>of his use of the GPL license ,-)
He gives exceptions actually - quite a few if what I can tell is accurate ;)
>We should concentrate on the facts:
>1) Copyright legislation.
>2) APL license.
>3) GPL license.
>4) Are any of the three above violated, and if
> yes: How, and what are the implications?
How does 1 stand on itself ?
2 is not an issue as it is never violated.
3 is violated all the way through jBoss with JAAS, JTA, (EJB ?), JMX, (JMS?)
The implications are that anyone who distributes jBoss is accepting a
liability and can be sued for damages and for a creating a license
inconsistent with what they distribute. Damages is hardly likely to be a
problem as it is opensource dev and very few people are likely to be
directly representing their company and thus no company would go after
them. Inconsistent license is a big problem in many places (Australia and
and some states in America are good examples of such places) and can cause
a lot of pain.
>These three things are the _only_ ones that a
>lawyer would look at if he was preparing a case.
right.
>What the Tomcat community wants is their problem,
>and all that we should care about is that we must
>_not_ violate their rights.
I don't believe that is done as such.
Cheers,
Pete
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