On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Barnabas Yohannes wrote:
> Rob,
> Obviously, you and I need to learn a little more before we can open our own
> little yahoo shop. I found out that in tomcat, it is named "LICENSE". lol!
>
> I'm just kidding dude! That help was very useful and more than $10 worth
> even though the name was LICENSE. Now in the LICENSE of my tomcat, it is
> displayed:
>
> * $Header: /home/cvs/jakarta-tomcat/LICENSE,v 1.1.1.1 1999/10/09 00:19:57
> duncan Exp $
> * $Revision: 1.1.1.1 $
> * $Date: 1999/10/09 00:19:57 $
>
> I suppose it is very old one, namely, Circa 1999. And I think that is why
> it is giving us all kinds of all kinds of errors.
>
> Moreover, what I am really concerned is the following message displayed
> bellow of the above message:
>
>
> * ====================================================================
> *
> * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
> *
> * Copyright (c) 1999 The Apache Software Foundation. All rights
> * reserved.
> *
>
> Now, my question is: Is this an Apache's License README file or tomcat's?
>
LICENSE version numbers and software version numbers are two different
things.
Tomcat, like every other software package distributed by Apache, is
licensed under the Apache Software License (current version is 1.1). This
controls the terms and conditions by which you can use the software
itself, and/or the source code and documentation.
Tomcat's version number is visible in a number of places:
* In the Tomcat distribution directory, there will be a README
file and/or release notes (which you should *really* be
reading no matter what :-).
* If you are using Tomcat behind Apache, some versions of the
web connector include both the Apache version number and the
Tomcat version number in the "Server" header that is returned
as part of a resopnse.
* If you have not modified the basic ROOT webapp stuff, it is
shown on the splash page when you execute:
http://localhost:8080/
* From within a servlet or JSP page, you can call
ServletContext.getServerInfo().
Craig McClanahan
