Re: What about creating javax.sql.*

On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Dalibor Topic wrote:


> --- Brian Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Dalibor Topic <[email protected]> writes:
> >
> > > Hi Tom,
> > >
> > > --- Tom Tromey <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > >>>>> "Per" == Per Lewau <[email protected]>
> > > > writes:
> > > >
> > > > Per> First check if there already is a free
> > > > implementation and see if
> > > > Per> the author(s) are willing to donate a
> > > > GPL+exception version to
> > > > Per> classpathx.  JBoss (http://jboss.org) has
> > > > implemented a whole
> > > > Per> bunch of java APIs so check with them.
> > > >
> > > > I've heard some JBoss code is tainted -- derived
> > > > from Sun source.
> > > > I would be wary of it.
> > >
> > > can you provide some more detail? I've googled
> > around
> > > and found nothing.
> >
> > I think some folks at Sun have made this claim.
>
> Ah, that helped. Simon Phipps, Sun's Java evangelist
> has made that claim quite recently, according to a
> ZDNet article cited on Slashdot [1].
>
> What's really interesting is that there are two
> versions of the article: one with the claim [2]
>
> "However, Phipps said he doubts that JBoss software
> will pass the compliance test. Basing his opinion on
> public information, Phipps said JBoss software does
> not appear to implement all of the J2EE specification.
> Phipps also noted that JBoss appears to be using
> software written by Sun."

I know that JBoss has (and I think still do) distributed some Sun .class
files (eg jmxri.jar), and whether they have a license for this I don't
know, but I have never head of the use of Sun source code. But then again
Marc Fleury used to work at Sun so I suppose they could make that claim.
But still, since they're not all that careful about licenses perhaps it's
wise to consider JBoss out of bounds, as Tom suggested.

But if Sun does have a case, does that mean that one is contaminated if
one have seen the JBoss source code? (I feel so unclean ;)


Cheers


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