At 02:23 6/1/01 +0100, St�phane Bailliez wrote: >Sorry Peter, but I'm not sure that I understand correctly your statement >here. >This is certainly a language problem, I apologize for that :-( >Could you elaborate on why/what it is illegal to use in "many environments" >(which one ?) >Are you referring to the crimson in cvs or the one offered in EA by Sun ?
Well there is about 6 files that are owned by sun + the IP which is owned by sun. They basically put it under EA license. Thus you are not allowed to distribute the binary or source forms. So you could not download and use crimson if you had to distribute the product in any way shape or form. Technically speaking I suspect lawyers would find CVS as distribution and thus Apache is doing it illegally but considering a SUn employee and the head of PMV is aware and condones it I guess that doesn't matter ;) SO essentially if you use crimson either via apache or via sun and you distribute it then you are doing that illegally. For many people this is a non-issue but for others it could raise concern. So it is up to you ;) Cheers, Pete *-----------------------------------------------------* | "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind, | | and proving that there is no need to do so - almost | | everyone gets busy on the proof." | | - John Kenneth Galbraith | *-----------------------------------------------------*
