Re: OpenSAML VOTE Results (was Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenSAML as partof Web Services )

[Andrew C. Oliver]

Davanum Srinivas wrote:

Andrew,

Since Web Services = Legal Mine field...Getting the license for Apache will ensure that Apache as
a Legal Entity will be protected and that the coding can go on for now. There are 2 JSR's in the
jcp and WS-Security spec in OASIS that will need this as well.
Am not sure there anything else we can do in this situation. Am afraid this problem is going to
crop up up more and more in the future.

I see a false dilemma here.

Sure there is. There is always something to do or not do. In the case of LGPL which the board also believes to impose terms on those using the software which prevent free implementation, the board has decided not simply ban the use of said software. Personally, I expect the board to hold to that standard even moreso here. If I understand these terms correctly, this in effect would be an apache sponsored proprietary software venture. In effect Apache would be writing software for RSA.

As for Sun's JCP... Its their spec, why don't they implement it.

-Andy

Thanks,
dims

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