Re: [ApacheDS] Best way to manage a dependency on a JSR 28 jar?

[Alex Karasulu <ao...@bellsouth.net>]

Cliff do you have any comments on this?

Thanks,
Alex

Alex Karasulu wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Over at Directory we have some questions regarding how we are to deal 
> with a dependency on a JSR 28 jar.  We need to impose a dependency on 
> the SASL API RI jar.  Here's a link to the JSR 28 page:
>
> http://www.jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr028/index2.html
>
> While consulting with Brett Porter, we looked around for a license and 
> found this here:
>
> http://www.worldspot.com/jsr28/jsr28_bizterms.txt
>
> We had the following questions regarding our handling of this jar:
>
> 1). Can we distribute it inside a binary distribution?
> 2). Can we download it at build time from a maven repository?
> 3). Can we check the jar into the SVN repository at the ASF?
>
> If none of these are possible is there an alternative that will allow 
> us to use this API while meeting the constraints of the license?
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
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