Any follow up on this ?
SiSi'mon wrote: > > I spoke with Oracle and they said in order for anyone to distribute the > jars, an agreement is needed from the distributor as a vendor. > > I don't have the details yet on what the receiver of the jars may need to > agree to or sign but hope there is a way around this. > > Thanks > > > Si'mon > > > Carlos Sanchez-4 wrote: >> >> it would be the Apache Maven PMC but I'm pretty sure it won't be possible >> AFAIK They require explicit agreement of the license from people >> downloading it which is something maven can't do yet >> >> On 6/1/07, SiSi'mon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Yea, I thought of this but it seemed like more trouble than it is worth >>> and I >>> even worked at Oracle and know people there. My first attempt will be >>> to >>> get the Maven team to sign some paper allowing them to post the jars and >>> then work on Oracle. >>> >>> Who do I talk to at maven.org? >>> >>> >>> Si'mon >>> >>> >>> Wayne Fay wrote: >>> > >>> > Another reasonable question is why does Oracle not simply set up a >>> > Maven repo to host their files, like JBoss and Sun etc have already >>> > done? Or even better, why doesn't someone from Oracle contact the >>> > Maven dev team and ask them to pretty please, with sugar on top, host >>> > these files so our customers will receive this great benefit with very >>> > little effort on the part of Oracle? >>> > >>> > Wayne >>> > >>> > On 6/1/07, SiSi'mon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Oracle simply requires an agreement to distribute the jars (or put on >>> a >>> >> public repository). I am wondering why Apache Maven VIP's could not >>> sign >>> >> the agreement and distribute them from the repo1 repository. >>> >> >>> >> Any idea who I could be put in touch with to do this? I have copies >>> of >>> >> the >>> >> documents and contacts on the way to help get this in the queue. >>> These >>> >> are >>> >> widely used jars and would save a lot of people a lot of time. >>> >> >>> >> thanks >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Si'mon >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Wayne Fay wrote: >>> >> > >>> >> > If you plan to distribute Oracle's proprietary jars etc, make sure >>> you >>> >> > have the proper licensing etc necessary to do so. >>> >> > >>> >> > (These issues are exactly why these jars are not already available >>> in >>> >> > the Maven repo.) >>> >> > >>> >> > Wayne >>> >> > >>> >> > On 5/31/07, Wendy Smoak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >> >> On 5/31/07, SiSi'mon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> > Yes, we have already done this (downloaded an put in local >>> >> repository) >>> >> >> and >>> >> >> > internally we are doing this in development. But we do not have >>> the >>> >> >> ability >>> >> >> > to serve as a Maven2 repository to customers we ship to so when >>> they >>> >> >> run the >>> >> >> > installer it will need to fetch the Oracle jars from somewhere. >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> > suggestions would be appreciated. We may need to ship the >>> actual >>> >> .jar >>> >> >> in >>> >> >> > the release and somehow tell maven to look at the lib/*.jars >>> instead >>> >> of >>> >> >> > trying to fetch it from a repository. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> Maven can use filesystem based repositories (with file:// urls). >>> You >>> >> >> could create the repository structure as part of your build, add a >>> >> >> <repository> element pointing to it to the pom, and then the build >>> >> >> should work. I saw this done once... I think it was in the Celtix >>> >> >> project. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> -- >>> >> >> Wendy >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> View this message in context: >>> >> >>> http://www.nabble.com/com-oracle-ojdbc14--where-are-Oracle-driver-jars--tf3848209s177.html#a10915079 >>> >> Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://www.nabble.com/com-oracle-ojdbc14--where-are-Oracle-driver-jars--tf3848209s177.html#a10916151 >>> Sent from the Maven - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> I could give you my word as a Spaniard. >> No good. 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