XOM API for Processing XML with Java

[Luca Passani <passani AT eunet.no>]

wrt CDDL, here is the document to read for a quick intro to the 
rationale behind it

http://www.sun.com/cddl/CDDL_why_summary.html

at first look, it seems good. The biggest problem being that this is not 
one of the generally recognized
licences.

Luca


Al Hopper wrote:

> Elliotte,
>
> Before you decide, please take a look at Suns Common Development and
> Distribution License (CDDL) at:
>
> http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cddl1.php
> http://www.sun.com/cddl/
>
> In particular, look at why they felt that no current license met their
> needs, and decided to put valuable resources to work to develop a new
> license and get it OSI approved.  It's also interesting to see the redlines
> against the MPL.
>
> The CDDL addresses Patent law - which is currently ignored by (L)GPL.  I
> honestly think that when (L)GPL version 3 is released, it'll be much closer
> to the CDDL than most GPL zealots would dare to believe.
>
> Just so you know where I'm coming from: I'm a member of Suns Open Solaris
> Pilot program ( http://www.opensolaris.org/ ) and Sun will use the CDDL for
> Open Solaris.
>
> Think about the "value" of Solaris to Sun.  It represents hundreds of man
> years of development.  Do you think that Sun did it's homework as regards
> licensing this body of work?  Obviously they did.
>
> So my vote would be for CDDL.
>
> Al Hopper  Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX.  al AT logical-approach.com
>           Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134
>
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