Jonathan Revusky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ... > > --- cut --- > > > Velocity was built new from the ground up. There isn't a snippet of > > shared code. This was originally done because WebMacro was released > > under a license (GPL) that is not compatible with the BSD/ASF license > > and we (the original authors) needed a solution that was not under a > > GPL license. Since then, WebMacro has been released under a dual > > GPL/ASF license, however, that was too late, this project was already > > well underway and we also felt that we have a better technical > > solution by going with a generated parser instead of a hand coded one. > > --- cut --- > > Weeeell, this license story as the driving thing could have some truth > to it.
How magnanimous of you. > OTOH, that they so desperately needed all of a sudden a version > of WM that was under the Apache License -- while possible, is > surprising nonetheless. I dunno. I don't see how there was much of an > issue in terms of just using WM with no alterations as a 3rd party > lib. You seem to be under the delusion that Velocity is technically lacking. You should've seen WebMacro three years ago! One couldn't get away without patching it, in turn complicating its redistribution. > They surely wanted to get the thing out there and used by a lot of > people. And, as noted above, the WM people did ultimately just give > in on the license issue. It's available under a BSD-style license. You've a habit of pointing out the reason for that, even if you don't associate it with licensing. > One striking thing about Velocity IMO is how technically unambitious > it was. Isn't it wonderful? One of my favorite aspects. -- Daniel Rall --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
