At 02:06 28/10/00 -0700, Jon Stevens wrote:
>on 10/27/2000 10:10 PM, "marc fleury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> | but at the same time, you have a problem with the GPL being
>> |viral so you give exceptions for people to use JBoss. Instead, what you
>> |should do is probably be using the MPL license which will solve your needs
>> |without having to constantly grant exceptions to people.
>>
>> ???
>>
>> what 'exceptions'? we never granted 'exceptions'. Please explain.
>
>The exceptions that you are granting is by allowing people who write EJB's
>for your server to allow them to not require them to be GPL'd as well. That
>is clearly an exception to the license. This is very similar to what Linus
>has done with Linux and binary kernel modules.
strictly speaking this is not an exception. EJB is a clear defined spec
that has easily replacable components, loaded via configuration files etc.
I can go through the details that make this not apply if you want but you
can trust me this is one of the casses that GPL won't cover all code in one
JVM. Discussion about this has occured in various places (classpath list -
a free LGPL'ed class library) but it basically came down to one thing. As
long as you don't use anything specific to jBoss in an EJB then the EJB
will not have to be GPLed.
>> |It is funny to me how you say that you are integrating our code which I
>> |think is great, but the real issue is that we can't integrate YOUR code
>> |because you choose to use the GPL license.
>>
>> why not? what exactly prevents you from integrating our work? Please be
>> explicit,
>>
>> let's not work from hearsay and "impressions" of the GPL, the GPL is very
>> explicit.
>
>I write code for the ASF under an APL 1.1 license. The GPL and the APL 1.1
>are not compatible licenses and it is "illegal" for me to include GPL code
>within an ASF project. Period. Thus, I cannot take JBoss and include it with
>the Turbine Developer Kit because you have things under a GPL license.
right and same goes with GPLed rojects.
>Sigh, I feel like I'm repeating stuff to you again.
;)
You should see ant lists where the same statements were said over and over
again ;)
Cheers,
Pete
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