On 22/10/2011 15:49, Markus Schneider wrote: > Hi list, > > I am not totally sure if this is the right place to ask this > question, so please excuse and point me to the right list if this > is not the case.
You are in the right place, but keep in mind we can't give you legal advice. If you want that, you'll need to pay for your own lawyer. > - Is the Tomcat license/project o.k. with deriving such a modified > installer? You may do whatever you like as long as it is within the terms of the Apache License. Providing a modified installer should be OK. I would suggest you pay particular attention to sections 4 and 6 of the ALv2. > I would like to make it deegree-branded, i.e. it would be named > "deegree installer", I would like to use the deegree logo, etc. Of > course, we will credit Tomcat, but we want to avoid confusion for > users who just want to install deegree and don't care about the > details of a web container. Making it degree branded should ensure you meet the requirements of section 6. As long as you provide credit in the form required by section 4, again you should be fine. > - Has anybody insights or best practices to share? When speaking to folks that are new to the ALv2 I usually use the following example. If I download Apache Tomcat, re-brand it as "Mark's Servlet container", add a notice on the package that says "based on software from the Apache Software Foundation" and stick the result on a web site and start selling it for $1,000 / copy the ASF would be absolutely fine with that. BTW, if any one wants a copy, let me know ;). The key things are: - don't abuse ASF trademarks - include the NOTICE & LICENSE file - credit the ASF Note: You should read the ALv2 for the full details. > - Are there any open-source projects that use build scripts which I > may re-use? Some work is starting on a Maven build for Tomcat trunk / 7. That might help. HTH, Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
