Hello legal team, I forward a legal concern about JettyPlus. Please see the following mail and the background thread for more information http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=lenya-dev&w=2&r=1&s=Licensing+issues&q=b
Thanks in advance for some advice. salu2 thorsten El mar, 03-01-2006 a las 10:02 +0100, Felix Röthenbacher escribió: > Antonio Gallardo wrote: > > Felix Röthenbacher wrote: > > > >> What about using Maven for Lenya and download the dependencies if > >> required? > > > > > > > > I found (again) the work in progress decribing the licenses compatibility: > > > > http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta/LicenceIssues > > > > Hope this helps. > > > Hi Antonio > > Thanks for investigating this licence issue. I did a short review of the > license granted by Sun for Java Mail and JavaBean Activation Framework > and want to quote short excerpts from the license which seems relevant > to me for discussion: > > ---- > > JavaMail 1.3.3: > > 6. Java Compatibility and Open Source. > > Software may contain Java technology. You may not > create additional classes to, or modifications of, the > Java technology, except under compatibility > requirements available under a separate agreement > available at www.java.net. > > Sun supports and benefits from the global community of > open source developers, and thanks the community for > its important contributions and open standards-based > technology, which Sun has adopted into many of its > products. > > Please note that portions of Software may be provided > with notices and open source licenses from such > communities and third parties that govern the use of > those portions, and any licenses granted hereunder do > not alter any rights and obligations you may have > under such open source licenses, however, the > disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability > provisions in this Agreement will apply to all > Software in this distribution. > > ---- > > JavaBean Activation Framework 1.0.2: > > 1. Software Internal Use and Development License > Grant. Subject to the terms and conditions of > this Agreement, including, but not limited to > Section 3 (Java(TM) Technology Restrictions) of > these Supplemental Terms, Sun grants you a > non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited license > to reproduce internally and use internally the > binary form of the Software, complete and > unmodified, for the sole purpose of designing, > developing and testing your Java applets and > applications ("Programs"). > > 2. License to Distribute Software. In addition to > the license granted in Section 1 (Software > Internal Use and Development License Grant) of > these Supplemental Terms, subject to the terms and > conditions of this Agreement, including but not > limited to, Section 3 (Java Technology > Restrictions) of these Supplemental Terms, Sun > grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, > limited license to reproduce and distribute the > Software in binary code form only, provided that > you (i) distribute the Software complete and > unmodified and only bundled as part of your > Programs, (ii) do not distribute additional > software intended to replace any component(s) of > the Software, (iii) do not remove or alter any > proprietary legends or notices contained in the > Software, (iv) only distribute the Software > subject to a license agreement that protects Sun's > interests consistent with the terms contained in > this Agreement, and (v) agree to defend and > indemnify Sun and its licensors from and against > any damages, costs, liabilities, settlement > amounts and/or expenses (including attorneys' > fees) incurred in connection with any claim, > lawsuit or action by any third party that arises > or results from the use or distribution of any and > all Programs and/or Software. > > --- > > The link you quoted above states for Sun BCL that > binaries "maybe" downloadable from Apache. The > JavaBean Activation Framework is licensed under Sun BCL > and it would be interesting if the "maybe" means yes for > JAF. Maybe Sun's contact at the bottom of the license can > give any further information. I can't see any license > category for the JavaMail binary though paragraph 6 > states that it is permissible to distribute the binary > for open-source communities. The question arises if > this is compatible with the Apache license. > > If you can give any further information or pass this issue > on to anybody with more insight in licencing procedures > that would be very helpful. > > Thanks a lot > > Felix -- thorsten "Together we stand, divided we fall!" Hey you (Pink Floyd) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
