Unfortunately IBM licenses Sun technology under a different set of rules, meaning that you cannot be sure that the IBM did not get an exclusion to the license.
Paul On 6/1/07, 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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