Hi Kevan, thanks for the clarification, I guess I was just a little bit lost between the Oracle API License agreements and Licenses of the actual implementations.
Thanks! Sebastian 2012/8/5 Kevan Miller <[email protected]>: > > On Aug 3, 2012, at 3:05 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Hi again, >> >> is this question so hard to answer and has too many possible effects >> that nobody wants to >> or so trivial that nobody has time to answer ? >> >> JavaMail itself does contain another License.txt, I have copied the >> content of that License.txt to pastebin: >> http://pastebin.com/C3tW6D5u > > I can't see how either the BINARY Code License Agreement (referenced below), > or the Entitlement for Software/Software License Agreement (referenced above) > would be interpreted as open source licenses. So, no. I wouldn't treat them > as equivalent to an open source license like CDDL. > > You should look at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javamail/index.html > for alternate sources of JavaMail (e.g. javamail project, the java.net maven > repo, etc) under the CDDL/GPL license. > > Alternatively, the Geronimo project has an ALv2 licensed JavaMail > implementation. > > --kevan > >> >> Thanks! >> Sebastian >> >> 2012/8/1 [email protected] <[email protected]>: >>> Hi, >>> >>> all recent Java downloads for example java-mail-api 1.4.5 >>> (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javasebusiness/downloads/java-archive-downloads-eeplat-419426.html#javamail-1.4.5-oth-JPR) >>> require you to agree to the Oracle Binary Code License Agreement >>> >>> This is the "Oracle Binary Code License Agreement" >>> http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/licenses/OTN_JavaEE_Legacy_Binary-Code-License_30Jan2012.txt >>> >>> Can this license be treated equal to the CDDL ? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Sebastian >>> >>> -- >>> Sebastian Wagner >>> https://twitter.com/#!/dead_lock >> >> >> >> -- >> Sebastian Wagner >> https://twitter.com/#!/dead_lock >> http://www.openmeetings.de >> http://www.webbase-design.de >> http://www.wagner-sebastian.com >> [email protected] >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > -- Sebastian Wagner https://twitter.com/#!/dead_lock http://www.webbase-design.de http://www.wagner-sebastian.com [email protected]
