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Re: [linux-distros-dev] Licenses problems 
On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 18:42 +0200, Daniel Bornkessel wrote:
> ... hi.
> While packaging eclipse 3.3, we came accross some files with licenses that 
> would forbid us to redistribute eclipse.
> E.g.:
> 
> ./plugins/org.eclipse.jdt.apt.core/src/com/sun/mirror/apt/AnnotationProcessors.java:
> /**
>  * @(#)AnnotationProcessors.java  1.2 04/06/21
>  *
>  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
>  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
>  */

Interesting. I think you might have opened a nasty can of worms here.
See more below.

> and in ./eclipse/plugins/javax.servlet_2.4.0.v200705291052.jar
> javax.servlet_2.4.0.v200705291052.jar/javax/servlet/resources/web-app_2_3.dtd:
> 
> Copyright 2000-2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 901 San Antonio Road,
> Palo Alto, CA  94303, U.S.A.  All rights reserved.
> 
> This product or document is protected by copyright and distributed
> under licenses restricting its use, copying, distribution, and
> decompilation.  No part of this product or documentation may be
> reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization
> of Sun and its licensors, if any.
> 
> Third party software, including font technology, is copyrighted and
> licensed from Sun suppliers.
> 
> Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun Logo, Solaris, Java, JavaServer Pages, Java
> Naming and Directory Interface, JDBC, JDK, JavaMail and Enterprise JavaBeans,
> are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc in the U.S.
> and other countries.
> 
> All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks
> or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc.
> in the U.S. and other countries. Products bearing SPARC
> trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> 
> PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc.
> 
> Federal Acquisitions: Commercial Software - Government Users Subject to
> Standard License Terms and Conditions.
> 
> DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
> CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY
> IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
> PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE DISCLAIMED, EXCEPT
> TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH DISCLAIMERS ARE HELD TO BE LEGALLY
> INVALID.
> 
> --------
> what do you do about these files? 

Not sure. I haven't gotten that far yet with 3.3. 

> Just expect them to be overseen and 
> distribute anyways? Or did I oversee something in the licensing jungle?
> I opened a bug: 
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=193784

>From org.eclipse.jdt.apt.core about.html:

   Third Party Content

   The Content includes items that have been sourced from third parties 
   as set out below. If you did not receive this Content directly from 
   the Eclipse Foundation, the following is provided for informational 
   purposes only, and you should look to the Redistributor’s license 
   for terms and conditions of use.

This leads me to believe that we can't redistribute anything from the
com.sun.mirror package without getting permission from Sun. But I'm not
a lawyer so I don't know if I'm interpreting this correctly. I'll have
to get clarification.

Ben

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