Jason Brittain at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>> pier 01/06/25 18:32:07
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>> Added: service/java ServiceController.java
>> Log:
>> Full UNIX service implementation checkin
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> [snip]
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>> * 4. The names "The Jakarta Project", "WebApp",
> and "Apache Software *
>> * Foundation" must not be used to endorse or
> promote products derived *
>> * from this software without prior written
> permission. For written *
>> * permission, please contact <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
> *
>
> I fully realize the intent of the above clause in the
> license for mod_webapp, but I have to ask..
> The term "web application" and "web app" have been
> used
> for years, especially with the word "server" on the
> end, it's become a generic but descriptive label that
> is today widely used in all kinds of documentation
> for commercial products and open source projects.
>
> Even though you've removed the space between the two
> words web and app, to me it doesn't really change
> the term significantly. Am I alone here?
>
> What the license above is saying is that noone can
> take
> Tomcat 4 (with mod_webapp and its pure-Java-side
> connector), modify some part of the source, and use
> the term WebApp to "endorse or promote" their project
> or product.
>
> So, are you and/or the Apache Software Foundation now
> claiming exclusive rights to the use of the name
> WebApp as this license clause claims?
It's a mistake in the license for the service code, that shouldn't be there,
as it's in the WebApp Module (wrong copy and paste) and I should probably
change it in webapp to say "WebApp Module"
Pier
