Support Forums: Message List - What's the best developer-friendly open-source license for Java? http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Thu, 23 May 2013 01:18:02 -0400 Re: What's the best developer-friendly open-source license for Java? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=36156 iPod Transfer]]> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:52:43 -0400 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:52:43 -0400 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:52:43 -0400 Jun 29, 2009 Jesse C 0 LGPL -- CDDL: Is there really any difference in the terms? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=36156 The LGPL has one large advantage, that you can use it with GPLd code *and sell/distribute the result to your clients*.
this is not true

you can distribute a component licenced under LGPL (or any other OSS licence for...]]> Sat, 08 Apr 2006 13:00:15 -0400 Sat, 08 Apr 2006 13:00:15 -0400 Sat, 08 Apr 2006 13:00:15 -0400 Apr 8, 2006 The Ugly One With The Jewels 0 quinquennial licence change http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=36156 http://anoncvs.forge.jboss.com:8080/viewrep/JBoss/jboss/src/main/org/jboss/ejb/Container.java?r1=1.32&r2=1.33]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:36:18 -0400 Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:36:18 -0400 Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:36:18 -0400 Sep 8, 2005 Tobias Frech 0 Thanks for your integrity and courage, Gavin http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=36156 Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:41:13 -0400 Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:41:13 -0400 Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:41:13 -0400 Sep 6, 2005 The Dude 0 Thanks for your integrity and courage, Gavin http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=36156 I hereby crown this, officially...The Stupidest TSS Thread Ever!Look at all the amateur lawyers go! ROFL.Seriously, I have never before in my life seen such a bunch of utterly untrue, absurd things posted by supposedly intelligent people....]]> Sun, 04 Sep 2005 14:08:03 -0400 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 14:08:03 -0400 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 14:08:03 -0400 Sep 4, 2005 Mike Spille 1 Wow! http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=36156
The Stupidest TSS Thread Ever!

Look at all the amateur lawyers go! ROFL.

Seriously, I have never before in my life seen such a bunch of utterly untrue, absurd things posted by supposedly intelligent...]]> Sun, 04 Sep 2005 12:14:24 -0400 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 12:14:24 -0400 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 12:14:24 -0400 Sep 4, 2005 Gavin King 2 "Compatible" means "fork" http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=36156
And in practice, the incompatibility usually comes from side-effects with the wording of respective...]]> Fri, 02 Sep 2005 22:36:03 -0400 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 22:36:03 -0400 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 22:36:03 -0400 Sep 2, 2005 Simon Phipps 0 No Concern. http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=36156 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 22:12:29 -0400 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 22:12:29 -0400 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 22:12:29 -0400 Sep 2, 2005 Simon Phipps 0 So what, is the LGPL toothless then? http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=36156 As I replied to Henrique, what he wrote is contradicted by the license terms themselves. As long as JBoss includes the license and warranty information for the entire product and they don't remove any copyright statements you put in then...]]> Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:54:58 -0400 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:54:58 -0400 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 19:54:58 -0400 Sep 2, 2005 Mike Spille 0 Parts of JBoss are now GPL http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=36156 The requirement for an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty is required for "verbatim copies of the Library's complete source code", not for individual files. And last time I checked, JBoss does include the...]]> Fri, 02 Sep 2005 14:16:11 -0400 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 14:16:11 -0400 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 14:16:11 -0400 Sep 2, 2005 Henrique Steckelberg 0 Parts of JBoss are now GPL http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=36156
But, like I said, there is no case here, they aren't the original author and received the code under the LGPL. So as long as they honor the license (if they didn't the license would be revoked and they'd lose all priveledges),...]]> Fri, 02 Sep 2005 13:38:24 -0400 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 13:38:24 -0400 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 13:38:24 -0400 Sep 2, 2005 Chris Conrad 1 Parts of JBoss are now GPL http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=36156 A quick read on LGPL license got me to this:
3. You may opt to apply the terms of the ordinary GNU General Public License instead of this License to a given copy of the Library. To do this, you must alter all the notices...]]> Fri, 02 Sep 2005 13:34:01 -0400 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 13:34:01 -0400 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 13:34:01 -0400 Sep 2, 2005 Chris Conrad 1 Parts of JBoss are now GPL http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=36156 Thu, 01 Sep 2005 21:57:54 -0400 Thu, 01 Sep 2005 21:57:54 -0400 Thu, 01 Sep 2005 21:57:54 -0400 Sep 1, 2005 Henrique Steckelberg 0 Parts of JBoss are now GPL http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=36156 1) if indeed JBoss (or any other party, for that matter) is not honoring the license, who's to "sue" them? OSI? FSF? Anyone? Copyright owners? No one?

Generally the copyright holders I believe. But since it's a zero...]]> Thu, 01 Sep 2005 19:41:14 -0400 Thu, 01 Sep 2005 19:41:14 -0400 Thu, 01 Sep 2005 19:41:14 -0400 Sep 1, 2005 Mike Spille 1 Parts of JBoss are now GPL http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=36156
1) if indeed JBoss (or any other party, for that matter) is not honoring the license, who's to "sue" them? OSI? FSF? Anyone? Copyright owners? No one?

2) Are...]]> Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:32:16 -0400 Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:32:16 -0400 Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:32:16 -0400 Sep 1, 2005 Henrique Steckelberg 2