SUN --> JDORI-->JDORI LEGAL Question from Craig Russel SUN

[Ben Bookey <br...@hotmail.com>]

> Hi,
>
> I'm just now going through the process to allow JDORI to be used
> commercially.
>
> Please watch the JSR12 page on JCP for announcements.
>
> Best,
>
> Craig
>
> BEN BOOKEY wrote:
> >
> > Dear Mr Russel
> >
> > I hope you are well, and wont be too annoyed and hassled by reply to
your
> > email.!!
> >
> > Many thanks for your reply. I have made some enquires about using the
Apache
> > implementation of JDO called OJB. OJB functions as a plugin to Sun's
> > reference implementation of JDO (referred to as JDORI, for  "JDO
Reference
> > Implementation"). The JDORI is not licensed for commercial use. Would
you
> > consider allowing us to use this commercially, what are the chances of
SUN
> > changing this soon ? It would certainly improve the popularity if this
were
> > changed.
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Ben Bookey.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Craig Russell" <Cr...@sun.com>
> > To: "Ben Bookey" <br...@hotmail.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 7:18 PM
> > Subject: Re: SUN --> JDO --> Question
> >
> > > Hi Ben,
> > >
> > > There are a number of JDO vendors who support RDBMS, and you can find
> > > them all at http://jdocentral.com.
> > >
> > > I'm not in any position to recommend one or the other.  Many are fully
> > > JDO compliant, as you will see.  But all of them offer usable
products.
> > > Many offer free evaluation downloads, and many will offer reasonable
> > > license terms.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Craig
> > >
> > > > Ben Bookey wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Dear Sir
> > > >
> > > > I hope u r well.
> > > > We have found your email address on JDO Central and we would like to
> > > > ask your advice regarding a web based Database application for data
> > > > entry. We are a young company ( a spin off from a university) and we
> > > > do not have so much experience.
> > > >
> > > > We have created a web based tool using Oracle Bc4J (Object
relational
> > > > Mapping frameworl from Oracle). But we have been told now to make it
> > > > cheaper and vendor independent as possible. This means it should be
> > > > cheap and it should be database independent. It should also be a
> > > > relatively quick development time. We have looked into JDO
> > > > implementations both Commercial and open source none seem to be
fully
> > > > compliant. What will be the SUN direction regarding the database
> > > > persistance layer ?
> > > > Wether EJB and JDO will be supported in the future? as we would like
> > > > to embrace just those technologies which Sun will continue to
support
> > > > in the future.
> > > >
> > > > If indeed (as we would expect!) that you recommed implementing a JDO
> > > > solution.. Could you perhaps recomend a free (not necessarily
> > > > opensource) or very affordable commercial implemtation of JDO which
we
> > > > could use. Please note that this implementation should support all
> > > > popular RDBMS.
> > > >
> > > > We look with GREAT anticipation and suspense to your reply.
> > > >
> > > > Kind regards
> > > >
> > > > Ben Bookey
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Craig Russell            408 276-5638
> > > Architect                mailto:Craig.Russell@sun.com
> > > Sun Microsystems, Inc.   http://java.sun.com/products/jdo
> > >
>
> --
> Craig Russell            408 276-5638
> Architect                mailto:Craig.Russell@sun.com
> Sun Microsystems, Inc.   http://java.sun.com/products/jdo
>

Re: SUN --> JDORI-->JDORI LEGAL Question from Craig Russel SUN

[Thomas Mahler <th...@web.de>]

WOW !

That's great news for us. I was not aware of this development.
I would be very happy if users would be allowed to use the JDORI for 
commercial applications.

It would safe us *a lot* of work if could proceed with the JDORI 
OjbStore plugin and weren't required to provide a clearroom JDO 
implementation.

So let's hope for quick news on the JCP site!

cheers,
Thomas

Ben Bookey wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm just now going through the process to allow JDORI to be used
>>commercially.
>>
>>Please watch the JSR12 page on JCP for announcements.
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>Craig
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