License

[Deepth Dinesan <de...@rediffmail.com>]

Hello,

That would mean that I wouldnt be able to use AXIS (or Suns 
JAX-RPC ) for commercial purpose until the final release is out 
and
AXIS passes the TCK .


Thanks
Deepth



The Apache license permits you to use Axis pretty much any way you 
want to,
but Axis is still beta, and by definition, it's not intended for 
commercial
use.

I'm just repeating Sun's policy on the release of *products* 
containing a
Java API (any package called java.xxx or javax.xxx). A Java API 
implementor
can't release a final product containing a Java API until it 
passes the TCK
for that API, and the TCK isn't available until the API 
specification is
final. This restriction applies to any implementor, including 
Apache. The
Axis final release won't be available until the JAX-RPC API is 
final and
Axis passes the TCK.

Anne

>-----Original Message-----
> From: Deepth Dinesan [mailto:dinesan@INDIA.ADVENTNET.COM]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 8:52 AM
>To: JAXRPC-INTEREST@JAVA.SUN.COM; atm@SYSTINET.COM
>Cc: Deepth Dinesan
>Subject: Re: JAXRPC-Commerical Implementation
>
>
>Hi Anne,
>
>I just went thru the Apache-License file and I dont see that it
>doesnt allow
>for commercial use . Am I missing something here ?
>
>Thanks
>Deepth
>

  The license restriction is defined by Sun and the JCP -- 
Apache
  Axis is a  beta implementation of the JAX-RPC API, and hence the 
distribution must
  also  reference the JCP license. Apache cannot release a final 
release of Axis
   until the JAX-RPC API is complete and Axis passes the JAX-RPC 
TCK tests.
   (Apache must license the TCK from Sun.) Once that's done, 
then
  Apache Axis could be used in commercial products in accordance 
with the Apache
  license.

In regards to Tomcat, Sun elected to build the reference 
implementation at
Apache, so Apache has full rights to Tomcat and the TCK. The same 
is true
for Crimson. As far as I know, Apache has never had to pay Sun to 
license a
TCK. But the TCK licensing issue is the reason that J2EE open 
source
implementations, such as JBoss and the old Lutris Enhydra app 
servers were
never J2EE licensed implementations.

There was a recent change to the JCP bylaws that now provide 
special
provisions (i.e., free) for a non-profit organization to license a 
TCK.

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