On 10/20/05, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/20/05, paksegu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Roller World, > > What's the advantages and disadvantages of using JPOX (JDO 2.0) verses > > Hibernate? > > One difference is the licence of the software. > > Hibernate is LGPL, JPOX is Apache 2. > > The difference to the user is that if you wish to ship a modified > version of Apache Roller called Paksegu Blog Server (as Apache and > Roller are not usable in your product name); then with JPOX you can > just modify their code and ship it with your Paksegu Blog Server > (again, not calling it JPOX; but you would probably just inline it > into PBS) whereas with Hibernate the legalities are less > clear/favourable to the downstream rebrander.
It's my understanding that "shipping" with Hibernate is only an issue if you modify Hibernate's code. If you don't modify it, there's no issues. Matt > > So for some of our users, having less questions on the licence of the > dependencies simplifies things a lot. Allowing our users to ship > versions of our software as the basis of their own is one of the major > foundation stones of the ASF. > > Obviously there are technical differences too; but the ASF's awareness > of downstream rebranding is the major reason for pressure to have > alternatives to Hibernate. > > That sound right to everybody? > > Hen >
