Corba & Licensing questions

[Robert Schuster]

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Hi,
I got the following diff in the mediation wiki:

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> + Note: Why isn't the LGPL used for Classpath? Isn't the LGPL exactly the 
> GPL+Linking Exception?
> + 
> + Note2: Why wasn't JacORB used as the Classpath ORB? To me it seems to be 
> insane to start a full CORBA implementation from scratch, while there is a 
> Free one available already... I'm not saying that it can't be done. Surely, 
> it can be done, but you'll waste a lot of time testing code, tracking bugs in 
> code and optimizing code, which was already Freely available for several 
> years. Why are you reinventing the wheel? Especially, since JacORB is a good 
> performing, advanced implementation, providing a lot of advanced 
> features,interoperates with other ORBs and has proved its value in several 
> projects.
> + 
>     * References:
>       * [http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?formal/04-03-12 The OMG CORBA 
> specifications we currently use]
>       * [http://www.omg.org/gettingstarted/corbafaq.htm That is CORBA and 
> that does it do.]


First: Please do not use the wiki for discussion, we have the mailing
list for that (Public archival is important).

Regarding Note(1):
AFAIK use of the LGPL for Classpath has complications for users who want
to use classpath in an embedded environment. More detailed discussion of
this topic can be found here: http://developer.classpath.org/licensing

Note2: It is our idea to use JacORB for Classpath and just implement
some common code. However I am no expert on CORBA and this may be wrong.
Audrius, could you please comment on this?

cu
Robert
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