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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Kasper Nielsen
> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 11:12 AM
> To: Jboss-Development@Lists. Sourceforge. Net
> Subject: Re: [JBoss-dev] JBoss and JBoss Group, responding to flame
> Apache is
> chiefly funded (at least the java part) by SUN and IBM, the truth is that
> the developers are all employees.
This isn't true.
Most Apache developers are independent consultants, working in their free
time, or working for other companies then Sun and IBM, even if we are
talking abou
First and foremost I am commited to JBoss as a fully featured and fully free
open source platform. That is the root of our success. The lgpl and
distributed ownership of the code prevent anyone from going to a proprietary
format. period.
As for linux and apache, neither one is a commercial succe