OCCHIO!!! Per tutti i programmatori! Importante!!!
- From: Lo'oRiS il Kabukimono <_lano_@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Lano666 <lano666@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 11:42:22 +0200
da: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-java-faq/ch2.html
[...] Basically, this means that if you implement any part of the new 1.2
API or Jini API, even from scratch, Sun will "own" your implementation and
you will have to pay them for the right to use it. [...]
2.3.1.3 What is the SCSL?
The SCSL is the "Sun Community Software License" that can be found
http://java.sun.com/communitysource/. It is not compatible with Free
Software for several reasons, and agreeing to this license (e.g. by
downloading source covered by the SCSL) will make it impossible for you to
contribute to free software clean-room implementations. According to Sun,
this includes using documentation and API specifications available only
under SCSL.
To quote one open source developer, the SCSL is "about as free as the
former Soviet Union".
However, if you have never agreed to the SCSL, then it is still
permissible, barring any patents that Sun has for the technology, for you
to create your own clean room version of the 1.2 API. It is important that
you never agree to the license, even for the documentation. For example, if
you buy a printed book which describes the API, there is a long legal
history (in the US at least), that prohibits attaching these kinds of
contracts to books.
[...]
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