n. alex rupp wrote:
There's been buzz for months about JBoss' concerns over the potential abuse of their property.
Just a clarification on this....
"JBoss" is not an entity that can have any IP rights
As for as I know, JBoss Group LLC does not own any rights at all in JBoss the project. The IP rights are held by the large number of individual contributors to the project.
As a JBoss contributor, I actually take some offence at the way that JBoss Group LLC have described themselves as the "provider" of JBoss the software project. While they may provide gainful employment to some of the contributors to JBoss - they certainly have not done so for many of the contributors to the project.
So we should be very careful avoid repeating false assertions or presumptions that JBoss Group LLC have any specific rights, ownership or monopoly over the JBoss project. JBoss Group LLC license the privately owned JBoss trademarc, but that does not convey any rights over the IP of project itself.
However, regardless of JBoss Group LLC legal standing in this matter, we should welcome notifications of possible license violations from any source. But I would have preferred the letter to be on behalf of the individual project maintainers and not from JBoss Group LLC.
regards
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