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Posted to log4j-user@logging.apache.org by Rainer Klute <ra...@gmx.de> on 2001/02/06 18:27:34 UTC
Licensing problems
Due to licensing problems I cannot include log4j properly in a commercial
product.
While (according to the Apache License) this is no problem with log4j as
such, it *is* a problem with Sun Microsystem's Java API for XML Processing. This
software is currently available as "early access" and may be used for
internal use only.
Log4j uses the classes javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory,
javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder and javax.xml.parsers.FactoryConfigurationError from
this API. Is there a way to avoid them, at least until there is a version
without licensing problems? Is there an alternate implementation?
--
Best regards
Rainer Klute
Dipl.-Inform. E-Mail: rainer.klute@epost.de
Rainer Klute Tel.: (0172) 2324824
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Re: Licensing problems
Posted by Rainer Klute <ra...@gmx.de>.
> Anyway, also Xerces-J implements those classes (I wrote them before
> joining
> Sun), so, you might want to check that out...
Thanks for this hint! Within the particular environment I use log4j I still
had an outdated Xerces version which does not yet implement the
javax.xml.parsers classes. I'll replace it in a second...
--
Best regards
Rainer Klute
Dipl.-Inform. E-Mail: rainer.klute@epost.de
Rainer Klute Tel.: (0172) 2324824
K�rner Grund 24 (0231) 511693
D-44143 Dortmund Fax: (0231) 511809
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Re: Licensing problems
Posted by "Pier P. Fumagalli" <pi...@betaversion.org>.
Rainer Klute <ra...@gmx.de> wrote:
> Due to licensing problems I cannot include log4j properly in a commercial
> product.
>
> While (according to the Apache License) this is no problem with log4j as
> such, it *is* a problem with Sun Microsystem's Java API for XML Processing.
> This
> software is currently available as "early access" and may be used for
> internal use only.
>
> Log4j uses the classes javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory,
> javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder and
> javax.xml.parsers.FactoryConfigurationError from
> this API. Is there a way to avoid them, at least until there is a version
> without licensing problems? Is there an alternate implementation?
I'm not on Log4J-User anymore, but I get a peek to what happens being the
moderator... Sun's JAXP 1.0 (which contains the classes you're talking
about) is _NOT_ "early access". Only 1.1 is, but it should be out quite
soon.
Anyway, also Xerces-J implements those classes (I wrote them before joining
Sun), so, you might want to check that out...
Pier
--
Pier Fumagalli <ma...@betaversion.org>
RE: Licensing problems
Posted by Chris Todd <ch...@home.com>.
Unless I am sorely mistaken, Xerces-J implements these classes. It is also
open source, from the Apache Software Foundation, and can be included in any
software project, commercial or otherwise. Check it out at
http://xml.apache.org/xerces-j/
Sincerest regards,
Chris Todd
chris.todd@home.com
410-740-1409
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rainer Klute [mailto:rainer.klute@gmx.de]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 12:28 PM
>To: log4j-user@jakarta.apache.org
>Subject: Licensing problems
>
>
>Due to licensing problems I cannot include log4j properly in a commercial
>product.
>
>While (according to the Apache License) this is no problem with log4j as
>such, it *is* a problem with Sun Microsystem's Java API for XML
>Processing. This
>software is currently available as "early access" and may be used for
>internal use only.
>
>Log4j uses the classes javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory,
>javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder and
>javax.xml.parsers.FactoryConfigurationError from
>this API. Is there a way to avoid them, at least until there is a version
>without licensing problems? Is there an alternate implementation?
>
>--
>Best regards
>Rainer Klute
>
> Dipl.-Inform. E-Mail: rainer.klute@epost.de
> Rainer Klute Tel.: (0172) 2324824
> Körner Grund 24 (0231) 511693
>D-44143 Dortmund Fax: (0231) 511809
>
>Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net
>
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