on 10/29/2000 11:19 PM, "Ole Husgaard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think we should try to find out exactly where we
> agree and where we disagree. This discussion is too
> important to use for another flamewar about licensing
> ideologies.
Right, but at the core of the discussion IS the license so there is nothing
that you can do about it.
> We can both agree that neither of us want to violate
> the copyright of the other part, and that each copyright
> holder has a right to distribute _his_ copyrighted
> works under any license _he_ chooses.
> I also think we can agree that both jBoss and Tomcat
> are independent products that are both useful without
> the other part.
It is larger than just the copyright because it is about Marc wanting to
protect his source code from the big bad corporations that are beating down
his door trying to steal his source code from him.
> (Just joking here) We have:
> usefulness(jBoss)+usefulness(Tomcat) <= usefulness(jBoss+Tomcat)
> (synergy), and jBoss+Tomcat == (License problems).
> But usefulness(License problems) == 0, so unless
> we get this sorted out we have to derive:
> usefulness(jBoss)+usefulness(Tomcat) <= 0.
> ;-)
Maybe so. Maybe that also says something about EJB. Maybe it is only
something that should be provided by large corporations (ie: IBM/BEA) for
exorbitant prices because it is something that is only really useful for
such situations.
-jon
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