Not a lawyer either (but somedays wishing I had done that instead of
computer science...) I though the license was pretty clear that
this redistribution was only allowed to run the application.
Extracting WO from the Application, or using it for anything else is
contrary to the terms of the license. I lack the will to read
through it again. I recall Pierre confirming this again recently.
Sheesh ... You, sir, ruin everyone's fun.
The license is nearly impossible to find on the intertubes. The
version on Apple's site is wo-fully (*rimshot*) out of date. I had to
go and redownload 5.4.1 to get it.
For posterity:
D. WebObjects Software. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
License, you may use, install and permit others to access the
WebObjects deployment software included with the Developer Software to
deploy application programs developed using Apple’s WebObjects
Software. You may also reproduce and distribute: (1) over a network,
components of the WebObjects deployment software for installation and
use by others ("Java Client End Users") on any remote computer’s
volatile memory (e.g. RAM) to enable Java Client functionality for the
sole purpose of communicating with Apple’s WebObjects Software that
may be installed and executed on the same Apple-labeled computer on
which you have installed the Developer Software (the "Licensed
System"); and (2) both manually and automatically over a network,
components of the WebObjects deployment software for installation and
use by Java Client End Users on any remote computer’s non-volatile
memory (e.g. ROM) to enable Java Client functionality for the sole
purpose of communicating with Apple’s WebObjects Software that may be
installed and executed on the Licensed System; provided that all
distributions to Java Client End Users are made under terms that are
at least as restrictive as those set forth in this License and contain
the disclaimers and limitations set forth in Sections 6 and 7 of this
License. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, you may
also deploy server applications built with the WebObjects Software on
any platform.
So it would seem the two relevant lines here are:
Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, you may use,
install and permit others to access the WebObjects deployment software
included with the Developer Software to deploy application programs
developed using Apple’s WebObjects Software
and
Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, you may also
deploy server applications built with the WebObjects Software on any
platform.
The "terms and conditions of this license" are defined previously (in
2A) as "Subject to the terms below [me: awesome -- a loop!] you may
use the Developer Software on Apple-labeled computers to: (i) test the
Developer Software; and (ii) develop application and other
software.". It does also say "The Developer Software contains
WebObjects development and deployment components (the "WebObjects
Software") ... which are subject to the additional terms and
conditions set forth in Sections 2D, 2E and 2F below". ("D" shown
above is what it's referring to).
So the last sentence of 2D says that you can deploy an app on any
platform. The big question is how they choose to interpret "subject
to the terms and conditions of this license" with respect to a
deployment. If you interpret the meaning of the last sentence to be
that you can deploy the software anywhere to run on any platform, then
it seems to me to be in conflict with 2A's restriction that you can
only use the software to develop apps on an Apple-labeled computer,
which, to me, says that is the incorrect interpretation of the sentence.
Paradoxes aside, though, I suspect that this is just a really really
poorly written legal document and Chuck is probably right that their
INTENT is to prevent development on any platform but a Mac. One more
sentence saying that explicitly would probably go a long way, though
(basically saying that the distribution license does not provide for
any permissions to develop new applications or something along those
lines).
ms
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