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Hmmm, Peter, I'm not seeing how anything you just posted is relevant to this topic. Here is the tricky part: \[quote]As to any non-open source component[/b] of a Participant's entry,... See more...
Hmmm, Peter, I'm not seeing how anything you just posted is relevant to this topic. Here is the tricky part: \[quote]As to any non-open source component[/b] of a Participant's entry, Participant grants[/b] to VMware and all recipients to whom Participant's virtual appliance entry is distributed, a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, fully paid-up, royalty-free, right and license in all of Participant's intellectual property rights[/b][/quote] The statement does not explicity mention third party IP, only the Participant's IP. If I'm reading this correctly, then it would indeed be safe to include the JRE because I am not required to grant any rights to it; I'm only required to grant rights to my IP. Srinivas?
\[quote]As to any non-open source component of a Participant's entry, Participant grants to VMware and all recipients to whom Participant's virtual appliance entry is distributed, a worldwide, ir... See more...
\[quote]As to any non-open source component of a Participant's entry, Participant grants to VMware and all recipients to whom Participant's virtual appliance entry is distributed, a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, fully paid-up, royalty-free, right and license in all of Participant's intellectual property rights necessary to allow VMware and any third party to use, make, sell, host, cache, route, transmit, store, copy, distribute for commercial purposes, perform, display, and reformat the object code or content of such component.[/quote] Well, the Java Runtime and Flash Player fail under that clause.. no way Sun or Macromedia would agree to all that. This really is a Challenge[/i].
Thanks Srinivas. Reading up on the JRE license, it appears the JRE can be distributed, so long as it is unmodified and purpose is to make the app run - not just a repackaging of the JRE. I ... See more...
Thanks Srinivas. Reading up on the JRE license, it appears the JRE can be distributed, so long as it is unmodified and purpose is to make the app run - not just a repackaging of the JRE. I actually am not concerned about my coding. I am just unclear if VMware is requiring the source code be made available on everything[/b] that is included in the VM, because I don't know if the source code for the JRE is even available. And I seriously doubt it'd be available for Flash/Shockwave players.
This challenge is intriguing. I'm not up to speed with things going on in the open source community, so I have some questions: Does royalty free distribution rights also mean source code must... See more...
This challenge is intriguing. I'm not up to speed with things going on in the open source community, so I have some questions: Does royalty free distribution rights also mean source code must be made available? For example, I believe[/i] the Java Runtime is freely distributable, but I don't believe[/i] the source code for it is either available or distributable. How about Flash/Shockwave players?