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Re: [Jersey] License Help CDDL+GPL

From: Imran M Yousuf <imran_at_smartitengineering.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:05:27 +0600

Hi,

I have a question related to this -

How does one say/mention which license one chose?

Thank you,

Imran

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Pavel Bucek <Pavel.Bucek_at_sun.com> wrote:
> Hello Tyler,
>
> you can select which license (CDDL or GPL) suits better your needs and use
> it, no need to apply the "unselected" one.
>
> It is exactly the same as JAXB.
>
> Pavel
>
> Tyler Ward wrote:
>>
>> Jersey users:
>>
>> I have a licensing question. It is noted on the Jersey site that the code
>> is governed under a dual license “CDDL+GPL”. Does this mean that a person
>> may elect to use either the CDDL or the GPL? Or does it mean that both the
>> CDDL and the GPL license apply?
>>
>> This dual license scheme seems to be similar to JAXB which under its FAQ
>> states that a user can elect to use either the CDDL or the GPL.
>>
>> *Q. What are the JAXB 2.0 licensing terms?*
>> (https://jaxb.dev.java.net/faq/index.html)
>>
>> Metro is released under the dual license of CDDL
>> <http://www.sun.com/cddl/> and GPLv2 with classpath exception
>> <http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html>. What that means is
>> that as an user, you only need to accept one of the two licenses. CDDL is an
>> OSI-approved open-source license that allows free redistribution, commercial
>> usage, modifications, and much more. See the CDDL description and rationale
>> page <http://www.sun.com/cddl/CDDL_why_details.html> from Sun for more info
>> about CDDL. For more about GPLv2 with classpath exception, see the license
>> section of "Free and Open Source Java FAQ."
>> <http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/java/faq.jsp#g>
>>
>> Would this be the same for Jersey?
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tyler
>>
>
>
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