I am not a lawyer, but if you look at the apache license (http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0):
"7. Disclaimer of Warranty. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, Licensor provides the Work (and each Contributor provides its Contributions) on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied, including, without limitation, any warranties or conditions of TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. You are solely responsible for determining the appropriateness of using or redistributing the Work and assume any risks associated with Your exercise of permissions under this License." However there are several vendors offering support and consulting around ActiveMQ (including ActivMQ 5 and Artemis): We all help users through the user's list, but the way you worded your email it's implying commercial support, and you should probably contact and and request official statements from one of these vendors. If you have difficult contacting any, feel free to ping us here so someone could then give you an updated contact. but here's a list: http://activemq.apache.org/support.html On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 7:32 AM, wagonmaster <nikola.v...@sas.com> wrote: > I would like to request an official statement from the activemq developers on > what is the support policy for active mq versions, especially with respect > to providing security fixes and also backwards compatibility. > > > 1. How many major versions of ActiveMQ are supported? (E.G. Currently > 5.11.x, 5.12.x and 5.13.x) > > 2. How long is each version of ActiveMQ supported (1 year, 2 year, etc?) > > 3. What is the expectation for backwards and forwards compatibility between > different versions of AciveMQ? Does activemq 5.4 work with activemq 5.13? > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://activemq.2283324.n4.nabble.com/ActiveMQ-Security-Support-Policy-tp4706678.html > Sent from the ActiveMQ - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Clebert Suconic
