[Javaweb-discuss] faq on gplv3 java app dev?

[Kevin Murphy]

hi,

a few questions (#'d):

1. is there a good doc for newbie java open sourcers?  pardon the 
writing - have 2 broken arms.

i have a java 5 app that i'd like to open source with agpl v3.

thinking of distribbing only as source.  dependencies are maven managed 
and have various licenses: public domain, all ASL 2.0 and gpl except one 
CPL 1.0 (junit) and javax.mail and java.activation (latter req'd by 
javamail for java 5).

2.  should I replace CPL junit with ASL 2.0 testng?  so far (bad, i 
know), i have hardly any tests anyway.   since junit is not needed for 
building or running, does it matter?

3.  are javax.mail and javax.activation classes considered system 
libraries or not? optional for SE, come with EE.

if not ...

3b.  is it correct that i need to either modify the license for affected 
files, or find replacements?

3c.  any replacements for javax.mail and javax.activation if i want to 
be java 5 compatible?

3d.  is it correct that i could also move to java 6, in which case even 
the sun libs are gpl (2)?

thx,
kevin murphy