Jive Software To Open Source Its Jabber Server

fernique writes "Jive Software, a leading provider of knowledge-based support software, announced today that it will license its Jive Messenger application under the GPL Open Source license. Jive Messenger, based on the open IETF standard XMPP protocol, is a Java-based server for comprehensive group chat and instant messaging (IM)."

Comments

Not a standard ... yet

[dago]

Btw, XMPP isn't a standard yet, just a draft and soon to be published RFC.

Componentisation and GPL

[tod_miller]

If I write an application that, for instance, sends faxes. You could use a closed source driver for this, or you could use a GPL'd driver for this.

Right? Now, if I wrote a game, that wanted to use this GPL jive, what level of abstraction would allow me to use this (ditribute is as a 'suggested' compatible chat server) wihtou GPL'ing my own code?

This is more of a query that has laid dormant in my mind, now I see this (and that open source voice recognition) and I think more abou tit. Not that I do not want to relewase the source of my own app - just wondering.

I will look at this. (Jive software I heard about them in a negative context a while back, or was that Jive forums? blast)