Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-felix-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 88855 invoked from network); 8 May 2007 12:55:23 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 8 May 2007 12:55:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 6583 invoked by uid 500); 8 May 2007 12:55:29 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-felix-dev-archive@felix.apache.org Received: (qmail 6555 invoked by uid 500); 8 May 2007 12:55:28 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@felix.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@felix.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@felix.apache.org Received: (qmail 6546 invoked by uid 99); 8 May 2007 12:55:28 -0000 Received: from herse.apache.org (HELO herse.apache.org) (140.211.11.133) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 08 May 2007 05:55:28 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (herse.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [66.112.202.2] (HELO mail.devtech.com) (66.112.202.2) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 08 May 2007 05:55:21 -0700 Received: from localhost. ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.devtech.com (JAMES SMTP Server 2.3.1-dev) with SMTP ID 901 for ; Tue, 8 May 2007 08:54:59 -0400 (EDT) From: "Noel J. Bergman" To: Subject: RE: GPL'd OSGi bundles Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 08:55:01 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 In-Reply-To: <0MKp8S-1HlP251G90-0002tk@mrelay.perfora.net> Importance: Normal X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org > > I have a very general OSGi related question. What happens if someone > > writes an OSGi bundle under [a licence] and registers a service from > > that bundle in the framework? > These are just my opinions, all disclaimers apply. As implied by "all disclaimers apply", unfortunately, the correct reply to such questions is that the inquirer must confer with his or her own legal counsel. We cannot provide legal advice, particularly on the question of how other people will interpret their own licenses. The OSGi Alliance is free to attempt to extract clarification from the FSF as to how the FSF would interpret the situation. --- Noel