| -----Original Message-----
| From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Aaron Mulder
| Sent: 28 October 2000 20:49
| To: jBoss Developer; Java ApacheFramework; Tomcat DevList
| Subject: RE: [jBoss-Dev] Re: jboss on tomcat update
|
|
| Marc,
| I'm on your side. I would *really* like to be able to use jBoss.
| However:
|
| Please interpret the following passage of the GPL, and tell us how
| it applies to an app server based on software like Apache, Tomcat, Avalon,
| Castor, Tyrex, PostgreSQL, and jBoss. Specifically, imagine I want to
| make available a single download for a full open-source J2EE app server.
| Do you think it is possible to include jBoss with non-GPL packages?
YES. If the jBoss ditro is built separately and available separately. I can
include it on the same CD as non-GPL products as is done now on for example
GNU/Linux distros. If my medium of delivery is not a CD but an electronic
download then so be it. I can download many GNU/Linux distros rather than
buy CDs for instance.
If you have a single distro that includes all these components then the GPL
is a problem I believe. The trick is to not build an inclusive ditsro but to
resdistribute the jBoss distro unmodified along with other separate (but
integrated) distros.
|
| 2.b.) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in
| whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part
| thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under
| the terms of this License.
Cheers!,
Micheal
