6 Replies Latest reply on Feb 12, 2004 9:55 AM by sgwood

    nukes license

    sysuser1

      Hi,

      in the actual CVS dayly snapshot most classes are under the GPL license. 2 Month ago they where under the LGPL license.
      Now i have 2 questions,

      - what is the reason for changing the lincense ?
      - what will be the license for a release version of nukes ?

      thx!

        • 1. Re: nukes license

          GPL, I commited files with the wrong Banner because I am developing JBoss code at the same time and I did not pay attention to it.

          julien

          • 2. Re: nukes license
            joanrey

            hello julien,

            Does this mean that we're required to open up the source for new modules?

            I do believe that if we modify the core and other GPL'd modules we're required to give back the changes.. but if we build an entirely different module, is it required to set the license to GPL?

            -joanrey

            • 3. Re: nukes license
              sysuser1

              Hi Julien,

              i think the GPL license will not work for us, is there a possibility to obtain a commercial license ?

              Steffen

              • 4. Re: nukes license

                 

                "cooper" wrote:
                GPL, I commited files with the wrong Banner because I am developing JBoss code at the same time and I did not pay attention to it.

                julien



                Julien,

                Could you clarify this? JBoss is LGPL, not GPL. Is Nukes GPL or not? If not, the banners in the code have to change.

                I would suggest some clarification on the project web site and including a license reference in the distribution.


                Thanks for pulling this all together,


                Sherman

                • 5. Re: nukes license

                  this is GPL, we need to be consistent

                  • 6. Re: nukes license

                     

                    "joanrey" wrote:
                    hello julien,

                    Does this mean that we're required to open up the source for new modules?

                    I do believe that if we modify the core and other GPL'd modules we're required to give back the changes.. but if we build an entirely different module, is it required to set the license to GPL?

                    -joanrey


                    See http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#MereAggregation.

                    Particularly,

                    If the modules are included in the same executable file, they are definitely combined in one program. If modules are designed to run linked together in a shared address space, that almost surely means combining them into one program.


                    My interpretation (and, just for the record, I am not a lawyer) is:

                    Since a module uses the JBoss Nukes API/code, it is required to be GPL. If you layer your code so that it can be used independently of using the JBoss Nukes API/code, then you can license your models etc how you want. An example is the relationship between JBoss and Nukes - Nukes needs JBoss to run, not the other way around. Using Nukes does not magically make JBoss change its license to GPL.

                    So your module UI will be GPL, but not necessarily all your code.


                    Cheers,


                    Sherman