Dan, thanks, Your reasons sounds right, wsdl files are part of vim.jar and vim25.jar and could be distributed like archives as mentioned in FAQ.
I think now there is no strong necessity to ask vmware license experts ( except some academic interest :) ), because with your help, guys, we've found 'true' way of using vmware api. Roman 2013/8/14 Dan Wendlandt <d...@nicira.com> > Hi Roman, > > Glad to have you folks looking at the VMware driver. > > As Shawn mentioned, this is really just needed as a work-around for older > vSphere versions, but I'd like to help you get this figured out anyway. > > The FAQ your point to states: > > Q. Can I redistribute the VI SDK libraries and sample code? > > A. You can redistribute only those parts of the SDK package that have been > designated as “distributable code”. > > In VI SDK 2.5, the following components can be redistributed: vim.jar, > vim25.jar. To note developers typically generate web service stubs from the > WSDL file that is included in the VI SDK using a SOAP toolkit. The stubs > source and the compiled stubs can also be distributed. For latest names of > VI SDK libraries that can be redistributed visit > http://vmware.com/go/sdk-redistribution-info > > > Q. Who do I contact if I have further questions about licensing? > > A. Please send an e-mail to SDK_Legal (at) vmware.com. > > > > When I opened up vim25.jar, I > see: SDK/vsphere-ws/wsdl/vim25/vimService.wsdl , which is the file > referenced in the docs ( > http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-compute/admin/content/vmware.html). > > > > So... while I am not a lawyer, it would seem like you are at least able to > redistribute vim25.jar, which contains the file needed for the workaround. > Perhaps send a note to the email address above to confirm? Feel free to > CC in case I can help. > > > Dan > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 7:06 AM, Roman Sokolkov <rsokol...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi, folks >> >> Here<http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-compute/admin/content/vmware.html>metioned >> that we need vsphere SDK to use with vmwareapi drivers. It could >> be downloaded from vmware.com only by authorized users. >> >> As i understand nova uses only wsdl files from this SDK. What are license >> terms for wsdl files from SDK? >> >> Could we distribute necessary wsdl files with our deployment packs? >> >> - I've found >> discussion<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/jclouds-dev/dT3MkGT2eNo/7bERFdi8HY0J>, >> but without answer. >> - and official FAQ <https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-7983>, >> but it also not clear for me. >> >> Thanks, Roman >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack >> Post to : openstack@lists.openstack.org >> Unsubscribe : >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack >> >> > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dan Wendlandt > Nicira, Inc: www.nicira.com > twitter: danwendlandt > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- Regards, Roman Sokolkov
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