Carl I think some of the team have a good point on the IP and licensing issues. One issue that is very frustrating from an Apache perspective is if there are some committers involved in the spec process, and other committers not involved.
This is frustrating for both halves: the committers who (by dint of which employer they work for) have access to information and knowledge about future unpublished spec changes have to be very careful: they might donate IP to Apache that is under NDA and they don't have the right to use in code. The committers who are NOT part of the spec body have the opposite issue - they are "in the dark" which is also frustrating. A second concern I have is to do with the patent status of this work. I know from personal experience that there are a number of patents on reliable messaging held by major companies such as IBM, Microsoft, Tibco, who are not part of the AMQP effort. To what extent have the AMQP team evaluated the spec and codebase for patent infringement? Paul On 7/19/06, Carl Trieloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Niclas Hedhman wrote: > On Wednesday 19 July 2006 03:07, Carl Trieloff wrote: > >> I have provided a direct link to one of the docs on our site >> http://www.redhat.com/f/pdf/amqp/amqp_0-8_specification.pdf >> > > The license is for the specification, which is far from an obvious one, so I > would suggest to run this via [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The main questions for me would be; > > 1. Does the specification allows ASF to develop an Apache licensed > implementation? > yes. > 2. Are there parts of the specification that must be included in any > distribution that limits the down-stream rights (the spec mentions that the > spec itself is non-transferable)? > If I understand correctly what you are asking - no, no limitations. I will add this to be clear. anyone may copy, distribute, implement the spec as long as they include the license - they can do so in whole or any part there of > > Further, > Are there any TCK associated with this work that are part of the specification > work, and if so what are the licensing requirements at this end? > no. If we need to I will be glad to do additional follow-up with Apache legal on any issues that requires that. We spend many hours well more like months looking at the issues, so I am glad to provide information as required. Regards Carl. > > Cheers > Niclas > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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