Daniel de Kok wrote:
On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Steven Stallion stallions@ociweb.com wrote:
With regard to distributing a JVM, it is out of scope (see above).
Not fully, since we can not distribute JVMs with e.g. Sun's indemnification clause. If this is to be a CentOS project, I think it should be runnable with CentOS plus a JDK that we can distribute. As far as I am aware, the only Sun-heritage JDK that we can distribute are the GPL'ed OpenJDK bits. Does JBoss work well with this JDK?
I think there may be a misunderstanding of how JBoss is packaged and shipped. There is no JVM distributed along with JBoss; CentAS would be treated precisely the same. Again, it is designed to run on a number of different JVM's which of course vary for each deployment platform.
We require this for all CentOS-hosted projects and SIGs. CentOS is a long-term project, and having a development team member on a subproject will guarantee some continuity. Apart from that, some decisions (e.g. some policy decisions) may need to be delegated to the development team.
Makse sense; thanks for the explanation.
May I ask a more explicit question: what advantages will a whitelabel JBoss stack give to CentOS over RHWAS, taking the additional maintenance "costs" into account? Additionally, how will continuity be guaranteed for existing users if Object Computing loses interest in maintaining this?
As far as the advantages go, the a whitelabel JBoss allows for modified redistributions of JBoss; currently this is not possible due to Red Hat Trademark Guidelines. There are a number of projects/companies out there which rely on JBoss, and in some cases require re-distributing JBoss alongside their project.
I certainly understand the concern with respect to project continuity. This is a long term project for OCI; there is quite a bit of money invested into this. OCI has been providing for similar projects (TAO, JacORB) for over 10 years now; the same longevity is expected for JBoss related projects.
Not to burn down your project proposal ;), but I think these are important questions to answer beforehand.
Absolutely! I appreciate the feedback.
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