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BEA donates code to open source Java community

Posted Feb 15, 2006 3:19 UTC (Wed) by mattdm (guest, #18)
Parent article: BEA donates code to open source Java community

Hmmm. Not familar with this particular program, but does "particularly those who prefer to develop using a blended model of commercial software and open source frameworks" translate to "not actually useful except in conjunction with our closed-source software"?

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The prase "blended model" probably refers to choice of license

Posted Feb 15, 2006 17:40 UTC (Wed) by fredrik (subscriber, #232) [Link]

Not sure either, but I interpret it as meaning "We'll choose the Apache license over the GPL". I found an interview on the bea web[0] that seems to confirm that the software will be licensed using the Apache license.

Still, who know what that particular marketing-speak means, eh? =)

[0] http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/a/2006/02/interview-kodo-opens...