This sounds likely to me. I think you can break Sun's rules if you are not a licensee, after all you were never a party to the agreement in the first place. If IBM are a licensee and they have rewritten JMS as XMS in C++ they must have an exception.
On 06/06/07, Paul Fremantle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Unfortunately IBM licenses Sun technology under a different set of rules, meaning that you cannot be sure that the IBM did not get an exclusion to the license. Paul On 6/1/07, Colin Crist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In case you've not seen this, IBM have long since rendered the JMS API into > C++, C and C# > http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0509_philli > ps/0509_phillips.html > > Colin. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Arnaud Simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 01 June 2007 15:34 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > > Subject: NMS > > > > Hello, > > > > We have been thinking about implementing the NMS API as part > > of the QPID .Net client. However we are concerned about > > potential legal issues. > > It seems to me that the NMS API is very similar to the JMS > > one but the JMS specification specifically licenses the > > technology "only for Java". > > > > This is the relevant license, copied directly from the JMS Spec > > document: > > > > "Subject to the terms and conditions of this license, Sun > > hereby grants you a fully-paid, non-exclusive, > > non-transferable, worldwide, limited license (without the > > right to sublicense) under Sun's intellectual property rights > > to review the Specification internally solely for the purpose > > of designing and developing your Java applets and > > applications intended to run on the Java platform. Other than > > this limited license, you acquire no right, title or interest > > in or to the Specification or any other Sun intellectual > > property. The Specification contains the proprietary > > information of Sun and may only be used in accordance with > > the license terms set forth herein. This license will > > terminate immediately without notice from Sun if you fail to > > comply with any provision of this license. Upon termination > > or expiration of this license, you must cease use of or > > destroy the Specification." > > > > Does anybody know if this concern has already been raised? > > > > Regards > > > > Arnaud > > > > > > > > > -- Paul Fremantle Co-Founder and VP of Technical Sales, WSO2 OASIS WS-RX TC Co-chair blog: http://pzf.fremantle.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oxygenating the Web Service Platform", www.wso2.com
