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JBoss Queries Apache Geronimo Code Similarity

Posted by simoniker on from the tomahawks-at-dawn dept.

Kanagawa writes "This morning, Jim Jagielski, Exec. V.P. and Secretary of the Apache Software Foundation, announced on the geronimo-dev mailing list that 'the ASF received a letter from JBoss's lawyers regarding... the similarity of code between [J2EE implementation] Geronimo and JBoss.' The letter is available in PDF. According to the letter, similarities were noticed back in July, and haven't been fixed."

3 of 293 comments (clear)

  1. Apache Software Foundation missunderstands Article by linuxislandsucks · · Score: 0, Troll

    se my post on how Apache missunderstands article 0 of the LGPL..

    folks if the go throguh with code copying by code authors othe4r than through the authorized party in this case JBoss they are in violatin..thus the reason for the letter from JBoss..

    http://www.jroller.com/page/shareme/20031110#apa ch e_foundation_incorrect

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  2. In response... by yiantsbro · · Score: 0, Troll

    ...the ASF transmitted a letter to JBoss's lawyers regarding the similarity between a horse's ass and most attorneys.

  3. IF JBOSS wrote the Parser then... by Jerry · · Score: 0, Troll
    how come they have the following in their code?:


    import org.apache.log4j.helpers.PatternConverter
    import org.apache.log4j.helpers.PatternParser.


    Yup. It looks like copying OK, JBoss has been copying the Apache log4j code.

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