Coping incubator general and apache legal lists on this thread for
additional comments on this topic.
Carl.
John O'Hara wrote:
Yes, IBM are I fully paid up licensee of Java technology - and can do
whatever they like with it.
I asked permission of IBM if we could implement the XMS API some time
back,
and they said they did not have the right to grant that approval....
Unless Apache has a license to do this that I am not aware of, we are
not on
safe ground since NMS is clearly a derived work of JMS.
Wait for the lawyers....
John
On 01/06/07, Colin Crist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In case you've not seen this, IBM have long since rendered the JMS API
into
C++, C and C#
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0509_philli
ps/0509_phillips.html
Colin.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arnaud Simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 01 June 2007 15:34
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; general@incubator.apache.org
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: NMS
>
> Hello,
>
> We have been thinking about implementing the NMS API as part
> of the QPID .Net client. However we are concerned about
> potential legal issues.
> It seems to me that the NMS API is very similar to the JMS
> one but the JMS specification specifically licenses the
> technology "only for Java".
>
> This is the relevant license, copied directly from the JMS Spec
> document:
>
> "Subject to the terms and conditions of this license, Sun
> hereby grants you a fully-paid, non-exclusive,
> non-transferable, worldwide, limited license (without the
> right to sublicense) under Sun's intellectual property rights
> to review the Specification internally solely for the purpose
> of designing and developing your Java applets and
> applications intended to run on the Java platform. Other than
> this limited license, you acquire no right, title or interest
> in or to the Specification or any other Sun intellectual
> property. The Specification contains the proprietary
> information of Sun and may only be used in accordance with
> the license terms set forth herein. This license will
> terminate immediately without notice from Sun if you fail to
> comply with any provision of this license. Upon termination
> or expiration of this license, you must cease use of or
> destroy the Specification."
>
> Does anybody know if this concern has already been raised?
>
> Regards
>
> Arnaud
>
>
>
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