It sure is and why we (MyBatis http://www.mybatis.org) have also decided to use Tim's code as well.
http://code.google.com/p/mybatis/source/browse/trunk/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/io/ResolverUtil.java We left the entire license in place and Tim's name is all over it :) Great work Tim! MyBatis Team On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Nick Stuart <nstu...@speranzasystems.com> wrote: > Heh, thats a good one, but what if framework B changes it name to B', by > different developers? Is it still valid? ;) > > And imitation is the sincerest form of flattery right? > > On Jun 4, 2010, at 8:44 AM, Freddy Daoud wrote: > >> A little comic relief.... >> >> I'm on the last couple of chapters of "Flexible Rails"[1], and was reading >> about using AMF with Rails (if you don't know what that is, don't bother >> looking it up, it's not important here.) Basically, there are two competing >> frameworks for achieving this, A and B. >> >> The fun part is that framework A has an "MIT license with an exception"[2], >> which states that framework B may not use any of framework A's code for >> releases of framework B! >> >> We should have had that exception, stating that Struts may not use source >> code from Stripes ;-) (It's too late now, they already copied Tim's code.) >> >> Have a good Friday and a good weekend. >> >> Cheers, >> Freddy >> >> [1]: http://manning.com/armstrong/ >> [2]: >> http://code.google.com/p/rubyamf/source/browse/branches/ruby19/LICENSE?r=1319 >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate >> GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the >> lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo >> _______________________________________________ >> Stripes-users mailing list >> Stripes-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > Stripes-users mailing list > Stripes-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Stripes-users mailing list Stripes-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users
