I too wonder about the legalities. Flashline shows several commercial EJB servers
that are not J2EE licensed. There are also three open EJB server projects I know of
(joNas, jBoss, and openEJB), that share their source code. I must confess, I don't
even know what a company must do to become a J2EE licensee. Do you apply to Sun and
send some money?
-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Sell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 4:26 PM
To: Orion-Interest
Subject: Re: Anyone using Orion in production? [long]
> > Evermind's position, as stated on the FAQ, is that they would be SUED by
> > Sun if they made their source code public.
> >
> > What?! What is the rationale behind this conclusion???
>
> Talk to Sun. J2EE licensing prevents an open source J2EE implementation
> (although a "compatible" implementation of J2EE might be okay. I don't
> know.)
according to the flashline server comparison matrix
(http://www.flashline.com/components/appservermatrix.jsp), orion is not a
J2EE licensee. I cant imagine that simply implementing the publicized spec
makes you liable to Sun..
