Karanbir Singh wrote: > for me - wierd name. the jboss stuff is a part of the webstack, which is > something that is going to get done / built anyway, so the project > should be aimed at that and the name should signify that. Also, the > webstack includes other things ( which will be available for testing > later today ), which are not Java related. As far as the name goes, JBossAS is the official name of the project for the Application Server component of JBoss; CentAS adds a familiar name (i.e. CentOS) along with the defacto acronym for most J2EE application servers. I suppose the important thing to keep in mind here is that JBoss is a standalone project (you generally do not see it in stack form in the wild; rhwas is a relatively new invention). It runs on a variety of operating systems and JVM's. Again, this project is intended to be standalone in terms of distribution and development; packaging with VM's and other bits is important to create an application stack, but is out of scope for getting the project going. > >> The CentAS project aims to provide a free and redistributable version of >> JBoss which compiles with Red Hat trademark guidelines and policies. >> Each release will mirror the stable community releases provided by >> jboss.org, sans trademarked names and logos. The 4.2 branch will be the >> initial release target. > > How is this going to overlap / co-exist with the rhwas stuff ? Again, rhwas isnt the goal here, its a redistributable version of JBoss (which exists as a standlone project). The idea is to mirror each stable release provided by jboss.org with branding/trademarks removed. >> Future considerations include packaging/redistribution within CentOS, as >> well as the possibility of creating a free and open CentOS Application >> Stack. > > First question on that is - what jvm / jre / jdk is going to be used ? > is it completely open source and are there any distribution / > redistribution issues associated with this ? With regard to distributing a JVM, it is out of scope (see above). JBoss was written to run on a number of platform/VM combinations. The project is released under the LGPL, and includes other projects with a range of other FOSS licenses (i.e. BSD, CPL, CDDL, etc.) Redistribution issues are the reason for the project; to redistribute JBoss with modifications, it is necessary to remove all Red Hat/JBoss/Hibernate trademarks and logos (this is specified in the Red Hat Trademark Guidelines, and JBoss EULA). > you still need a centos developer to join your team of developers :D Not that I am opposed to this at all, but for donated work is this necessary? All information/code/etc. would be hosted on the CentOS project servers. Cheers, -- Steven Stallion Senior Software Engineer Object Computing, Inc. http://www.ociweb.com