I don't think you have a problem on TSS. Many people have stepped up to the
plate to really delve
into the code to show it up
(I mean come on.... "setFoo(...) { this.foo = foo; } is similar? nooooooooo).
Having someone from Apache/Geronimo say this on the site at some point would be
great too.... as it
gets across the official point of view.
Dion
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 4:28 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: Jim Jagielski
> Subject: Re: A Letter from JBoss's lawyers
>
> It's hard to tell - the incubator website disappeared and was
> replaced with some incubator boiler plate again. BTW, we
> have a problem over on TSS. Lets huddle and then have Jim,
> as ASF member and official shepherd, post a response.
>
> geir
>
> On Monday, November 10, 2003, at 02:27 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote:
>
> > As soon as we can, we will place it on the geronimo site. The magic
> > required to do this is unknown to me.
> >
> > On Nov 10, 2003, at 2:01 PM, Ashish Gokhale wrote:
> >
> >> Is the letter somewhere to be 'seen' ?
> >>
> >> --- "n. alex rupp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have they provided
> >> any specifics as to which files
> >>> were transfered over?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Jim Jagielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 8:39 AM
> >>> Subject: A Letter from JBoss's lawyers
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The ASF rec'd a letter from JBoss's lawyers
> >>> regarding Geronimo
> >>>>> and the similarity of code between Geronimo and
> >>> JBoss. They
> >>>>> cite a few "examples" but mention that:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 1. That it strongly appears that code was
> >>>>> simply copied over
> >>>>> 2. That we are violating (L)GPL.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I would like to place a copy of the letter on
> >>> the Geronimo
> >>>>> site, but need some direction on doing that...
> >>> Except
> >>>>> for HTTP releases and some minor things, I don't
> >>> touch the
> >>>>> website build system.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> In any case, this a CALL for ALL Geronimo
> >>> developers
> >>>>> to ensure that any code is not copied from
> >>> JBoss.
> >>>>> Recall, also, that if someone is the original author of
> the code
> >>>>> and donated that code to
> >>> JBoss,
> >>>>> they can *still* donate the original code to the ASF
> (unless they
> >>>>> signed some sort of exclusivity agreement). Original authors
> >>>>> maintain ownership.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I cannot attach the PDF due to quota limits
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>
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