[RIVER-339] Jini Community Standards Patent Non-Assertion Covenant

• Type: Question
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: other
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Peter Firmstone
• Created: 06/May/10 08:02
• Updated: 05/Dec/15 11:30
• Resolved: 05/Dec/15 11:30

Description

To quote Jim Hurley from jini-users:

Sun is re-licensing its Jini technology Standard specifications under
ALv2 and providing a separate "Jini Community Standards Patent
Non-Assertion Covenant ("Covenant") that enables others to create
unrestricted independent implementations of the specifications. This
Covenant is available at:
http://www.jini.org/standards/docs/jcs-pna-covenant.txt

This choice of ALv2, as well as the wording of the Covenant, were made
with the hope and expectation that they be used by many others in the Jini
Community to share their Jini technology code and Standards Proposals.
License choice is now a freedom that developers and companies in the Jini
Community have for their Jini technology works. It is hoped that Sun's
lead with ALv2 will help act as a catalyst for others to choose ALv2 for
their shared works. The resulting commonality around ALv2 will help simplify
and facilitate code sharing and collaboration throughout the Jini Community.

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