At 08:56 30/10/00 +0100, Ole Husgaard wrote:
>> >> right. But the only J2EE platform is the one sun defines. No other
platform
>> >> (even if it includes all same extentions) is a J2EE platform. Legal
mumbo
>> >> jumbo that sun instituted to get some cash ;)
>> >>
>> >> So even if you are providing a platform that has same extentions
(even same
>> >> code) as J2EE it is not J2EE platform without a magic wand being
waved by
>> >> sun ;(
>
>Sorry. I think there is a misunderstanding here. The problem
>with calling a certain Java platform J2EE is a _trademark_
>problem, not a _copyright_ problem.
>
>This is similar to the EJB letter combination that Sun likes to
>call a trademark (I think the official trademark is "Enterprise
>Java Beans"). This project used to be called EJBoss, but since
>Sun didn't like it and we do not like to step on anybodys toes,
>so we changed name to jBoss.
>
>Now the jBoss project walks like EJB and talks like EJB.
>In essence the jBoss project is an implementation of
>Enterprise Java Beans. We are just not allowed to call it
>EJB or "Enterprise Java Beans" due to Suns trademarks.
>
>In the same way we can make a Java(TM) platform that
>talks like J2EE and walks like J2EE. We are just not
>allowed to call it J2EE due to Suns trademark.
yep you are right in regards but to trademarks but that has little to do
with the issues at hand. The argument is wether anyone can collect
arbitrary java components together and call it a "java platform" or if only
sun licensees can do that.
The only platform that has some of the components* that would allow you to
distribute jBoss without violating the GPL is J2EE. Only sun is allowed to
indicate what is J2EE platform (trademark + licensing). What you distribute
is not compatable with J2EE so you can not claim that is your platform. If
J2EE is not your platform then you are violating the GPL.
* you violate the GPL regardless as you use JMX that is not part of any
platform but is a standard extention.
Cheers,
Pete
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