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Re: java.net, JavaOne
- From: Chris Gray <chris dot gray at kiffer dot be>
- To: Hans Boehm <Hans dot Boehm at hp dot com>, "fernando at lozano dot eti dot br" <fernando at lozano dot eti dot br>
- Cc: "Boehm,Hans" <hans dot boehm at hp dot com>, Dalibor Topic <robilad at kaffe dot org>, Mark Wielaard <mark at klomp dot org>, java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 21:14:21 +0100
- Subject: Re: java.net, JavaOne
- References: <4370aff5.2c7.12e2f.1494598026@lozano.eti.br> <Pine.GHP.4.58.0511080757160.15715@tomil.hpl.hp.com>
On Tuesday 08 November 2005 17:09, Hans Boehm wrote:
> For the sake of completeness, here's the clause I worry about:
>
> 12. [...] notwithstanding any other provision of these web site Terms
> of Participation [...]
> Note that this is explicitly a license grant, and (if I'm understanding
> this correctly) seems to say that it takes precedence over other terms of
> the agreement.
Oh yes, I see it now. That's fun: we have one clause which states that the
licence applicable to specific software prevails over the whole ToP, and
another clause which says we grant the Hosts a broad licence notwithstanding
any other provision of the ToP. So who shaves the barber?
My own interpretation would be that the prevailing in clause 2 takes precence
over the notwithstanding in clause 12, but IANAL. I can see why one would be
wary of posting code of which one was not the copyright owner and/or code
which you wish to keep under a specific licence such as GPL to java.net - but
I wasn't planning to do that anyway.
Project Looking Glass is GPL, so maybe they got a clarification. Maybe send a
mail to the owners?
Cheers,
Chris
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