Re: [Swarm-Support] JAS-1.1 vs Java-SWARM-2.2

[Alex Lancaster]

>>>>> "AL" == Alex Lancaster  writes:

>>>>> "PJ" == Paul Johnson  writes:
PJ> ?  Swarm-2.2 is an Objective C library and a Java Native Interface
PJ> through which programs written in Java can access the Swarm
PJ> Libraries.  Swarm was the first of these so-called agent-based
PJ> modeling frameworks and there are many applications that use it.

PJ> JAS is a native Java approach that combines the best of breed free
PJ> Java components (such as Colt) with some other components that are
PJ> Swarm-like in nature.  Its web page says it is a Swarm Clone.  JAS
PJ> is a new-ish project being developed by researchers at the
PJ> University of Torino, Italy, mainly the developer is Michele
PJ> Sonnessa.

AL> Is JAS open source?  What license is it?  Is it a GPL or
AL> GPL-compatible license (like BSD)?

Answering my own question, according to:

 http://jas.sourceforge.net/license.html

It's licensed under the LGPL (Lesser GNU Public License) which is
GPL-compatible and includes a number of third party packages like
XML-RPC and Batik-SVG from Apache.

Alex