JXTA license

Simon, I did not read from the article that you implied JXTA team is unprofessional. :-)

When it comes to license, I am with you we should all try to use existing OSI licenses. It's very true that each license tried to address some issues not covered by other licenses. As the licenses are evolving, it is much more likely to pick one can match the needs of a project.

I joined JXTA team in Dec, 2004, so I don't know much of the history. But looking at the JXTA license, it is basically an Apache 1.1 license with names replaced. Personal opinion, I would like to see JXTA been re-licensed under Apache 2.0, which seems to be a natural fit.

Posted on: Aug 19, 2005

Posted by: slowhog

Category: JXTA

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Thanks! I'll not press JXTA to relicense, but I agree that ASL v2 is indeed state-of-the-art in BSD-style licensing.
S.

Posted by Simon Phipps on August 20, 2005 at 03:06 AM PDT #

Why not just use the CDDL - it's a basically good license. Stop wasting creativity on things that don't differentiate you.

Posted by Sun Observer on August 20, 2005 at 10:22 PM PDT #

I would love to use CDDL, but I believe the reason JXTA chose Apache is because it's BSD style and offer maximum freedom(even allow you to keep modifications) for developers. Anyway, this is my personal opinion, and I want to see JXTA everywhere. If it is my decision, it will be triple licensed under LGPL/CDDL/Apache2.

Posted by Henry Jen on August 22, 2005 at 11:45 PM PDT #

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