| Jim Jagielski 2005-07-29, 5:45 pm |
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On Jul 24, 2005, at 7:06 PM, Rex Wang wrote:
>
> If Company A were to modify the Apache Directory Server, or to
> extract Java Edition code from ADS for use in another
> application, and wanted to redistribute the modified ADS or
> other application to a 3rd party, then Company A would either
> have to make their code available under some Open Source
> license, or purchase a commercial license from Sleepycat
> Software.
>
>
Unfortunately, one reason the AL is written the way it is, is
to ALLOW commercial vendors to change ASF code as they see fit
without requiring source code availability/release. Also,
requiring them to obtain a commercial license would also
severely restrict commercial usage.
Having substantial functionality of ASF projects require
external codebases which aren't truly AL-compatible, can cause
problems.
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