[JXTA discuss] Re: [JXTA dev] Any plans for JXTA License to replicate Java License?

Apologies for cross posting. But this is something that needs to go to =20
Dev and Discuss lists for consideration and understanding.

>
> On the one hand, switching jxta license to LGPL would allow (L)GPL
> projects to make use of jxta right now (which is currently literally
> illegal, as jxta/apache licenses are GPL imcompatible).

Alexander, sorry! I am unable to catch up with the above illegality. I =20
am keen to know if it is illegal for JXTA if an LGPL application =20
develops over JXTA or is it illegal for an LGPL application to use a =20
non-LGPL licenced Open Source technology like JXTA?

As long as both, the application and the dependent technologies are =20
Open Source despite using different licensing recognized by the OSI I =20
do not see any illegality. It may have limitations in adoption but not =20
illegal as long as the terms specified in the respective licenses are =20
adhered to. Someone correct me if this is wrong.

I am curious to learn how to make JXTA a popular option for those who =20
want to develop peer-to-peer or distributed applications.

Appropriate or more open licensing that could bring more developers =20
into the JXTA fold is one move I believe would make it more =20
accessible. The most effective way to make JXTA well known is to see =20
if there was really a successful application that is catering to a few =20
thousand users in the enterprise or consumer market :-) Because P2P is =20
all about numbers!!!

Cheers,

Rajesh
http://samooha.sourceforge.net




Quoting Alexander Sack <[email protected]>:

> On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 03:20:57PM +0800, [email protected] wrote:
>>
>> Wondering if there are any plans to make JXTA (or JXTA-J2SE) available
>> under GPL or LGPL to keep the reference implementation inline with a
>> single license?
>>
>> What are the pros and cons of doing so for projects that have already
>> taken off based on the present License?
>
> On the one hand, switching jxta license to LGPL would allow (L)GPL
> projects to make use of jxta right now (which is currently literally
> illegal, as jxta/apache licenses are GPL imcompatible). OTOH, this
> obstacle will be gone for projects that adapt (L)GPLv3, so the most
> pressing need to do something about jxta licensing is about to be void
> soon.
>
> Though, my personal believe is that LGPL is a more appropriate license
> for jxta, I see that not all major contributors would be happy with
> such a move. So IMO, a licensing switch is unlikely.
>
>
>  - Alexander
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