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Re: Copyright and License Question

From: Jitendra Kotamraju <Jitendra.Kotamraju_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:28:18 -0800

Barb Cochrane wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I have a copyright / license question that I hope someone can answer.
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> The *.properties files in these folders:
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> 1) src\jaxws-ri-20081017\src\com\sun\xml\ws\resources
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> 2) src\jaxws-ri-20081017\src\com\sun\tools\ws\resources
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> contain the following proprietary notice.
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> # Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
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> # SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
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> I checked a few of the corresponding java files in the same folders
> and they appear to contain no copyright headers or license terms. The
> ThirdPartyLicense.txt that is distributed with JAX-WS Reference
> Implementation 2.1.5 indicates there may be a number of third party
> applications (and licenses) included, so it is unclear which license
> terms apply to these files.
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> Which license applies to these files? Are there plans to update the
> headers to include this information?
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Thanks for informing us. The resources fall under CDDL+GPLv2
copyright(just like other sources in the repository). The corresponding
java files are generated and they need to be fixed as well.

We will definitely fix this. I filed an issue
https://jax-ws.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=703

thanks,
Jitu
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Barb Cochrane
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