Re: [Devil-linux-develop] New Apps...a few licensing questions

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On 01/06/2004 09:38:42 AM Friedrich Lobenstock wrote:
>Frischknecht Peter wrote on 06.01.2004 15:30 MET:
>> I have the need to implement a SOAP server on Devil Linux.
>> We have been using Axis with great success for our needs, I would
>like to keep that success on Devil Linux.
>>
>> I need to install:
>> 1 - Java SDK
>> 2 - Tomcat 5 (or 4)
>> 3 - Axis 1.3
>> 4 - Java Actvation Famework
>>
>> However...I noticed in other threads a great concern for GPL
>Licensing.
>> None of the above items are GPLed.
>> What do you suggest?
>
>Can you give us more details about their licenses?
>
>The only concern we have is that we don't want software that has
>some sort of commercial license attached to it. We do not want to
>look in our users.
>
>IMO GPL is not a must. It only has to be freely available and
>no restrictions on packaging and use (commercial/private).

Some programs are only available as binaries anyway (like java).
When you add a harddisk to your DL box, you can simply put those binaries
on there and set the appropriate path / environment variables.
I saw on the GRSecurity forum that some people had issues with java, but
that's worth a test.

When things have to get compiled, this will make it a bit more complicated
but we should get it running.
The benefit of getting stuff compiled in our build environment is, that all
the stuff like stack smashing protector and address space randomization
increases the security.

Do you know that we help companies implementing certain features? The magic
word is: donation ;-)

Heiko