I would say this license is still compatible - essentially, there are
no restrictions except for not being able to advertise with Sun's
name, that should be alright I'd say.
regards,
Martin
On 6/3/05, Werner Punz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Martin Marinschek wrote:
>
> > Principally, the BSD and the ASL are compatible (there are problems
> > with the GPL, though).
> >
> > So it should be no problem to take over the respective code sections,
> > if you keep the license information with the code.
> >
> > As soon as we take over code into the MyFaces codebase, we will need
> > to decide whata we want to do exactly regarding this issue.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Martin
> Well the situation is kindof weird, I just read the license again, it is
> more or less a BSDish license, with a bunch of disclaimers, I am going
> to post it here:
>
> -------
> Java BluePrints Solution Catalog License
>
> Copyright, 2004-2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
>
> Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
> modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
> are met:
>
> * Redistribution of source code must retain the above copyright
> notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
>
> * Redistribution in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
> notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
> the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
> distribution.
>
> Neither the name of Sun Microsystems, Inc. or the names of contributors
> may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
> without specific prior written permission.
>
> This software is provided "AS IS," without a warranty of any kind.
> ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES,
> INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
> PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED.
> SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. ("SUN") AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE
> FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED BY LICENSEE AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING
> OR DISTRIBUTING THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS DERIVATIVES. IN NO EVENT WILL SUN
> OR ITS LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST REVENUE, PROFIT OR DATA, OR
> FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE
> DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY,
> ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SOFTWARE,
> EVEN IF SUN HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
>
> You acknowledge that this software is not designed, licensed or
> intended for use in the design, construction, operation or maintenance
> of any nuclear facility.
>
> ---------
> To my knowledge of licenses, this is basically a BSD license, but with a
> few exceptions towards advertising and usage.
> The Apache guys should figure out whether this is compliant to Apache2
> or not, because the Blueprints are an excellent source of information
> and code, which would be a shame if it could not be integrated.
>
> Anyway... I am making good progress with the ajax autocomplete
> integration, it is not working yet, but I have everything in place now,
> to debug the hell out of it and fix a few flaws and errors I probably
> introduced by the porting process. I guess it will be done by tomorrow.
> (some weird config file problems with my myfaces config stopped me from
> being further)
>
>
> Werner
>
>
>
