Hi John, > I have successfully compiled and tested Woden's OM implementation > using the StAX api jar from Apache Geronimo. I'd like to know if > Axiom could use this jar file instead of the Codehaus > stax-api-1.0.1.jar file. This would resolve one remaining issue we > have on the Woden incubator status file [1] about verifying licenses > for software included in the distribution. This change would require a > more thorough test of Axiom than my Woden-specific test. Even though I have not tested Axiom with Apache Geronimo StaX jars , I am sure that Axiom should work if they have implement the StaX API.
> > The remaining issue we have concerns the license file specified for > the Codehaus stax-api-1.0.1.jar file in the Axiom distribution. Axiom > specifies the Apache 2.0 license, but we have not yet been able to > determine with certainty how the Axiom project came to use ASL 2.0 for > this jar file. ASL 2.0 is not included in the original codehaus jar > file and there's no reference to ASL 2.0 on the StAX api project at > the codehaus website. > > We did get some responses a while back saying that: > a) licensing of StAX is complicated > b) ASL 2.0 is the correct license (but without any explanation of why) > c) BEA is the only authorative source > > I think the simplest option is to use the Geronimo StAX API jar (with > it's ASL 2.0 license). Alternatively, I'll have to try the > legal-discuss list to try to resolve the license question. > > [1] http://incubator.apache.org/projects/woden.html > > regards, > John Kaputin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
