On Jul 24, 2005, at 7:06 PM, Rex Wang wrote:
If Company A were to modify the Apache Directory Server, or to extract Java Edition code from ADS for use in another application, and wanted to redistribute the modified ADS or other application to a 3rd party, then Company A would either have to make their code available under some Open Source license, or purchase a commercial license from Sleepycat Software.
Unfortunately, one reason the AL is written the way it is, is to ALLOW commercial vendors to change ASF code as they see fit without requiring source code availability/release. Also, requiring them to obtain a commercial license would also severely restrict commercial usage. Having substantial functionality of ASF projects require external codebases which aren't truly AL-compatible, can cause problems.
