Mike Milinkovich wrote on 10/04/2018 08:58 AM:
On 2018-10-03 7:00 PM, Bill Shannon
wrote:
I understand the need to protect
the Jakarta EE trademark and branding. But, we have to be
aware that there will be projects that will want to show
"compliance" with the spec and tck, but without paying any
additional licensing fees. No matter how we word this
restriction, someone will figure out a way around it...
The TCK is free. There's no need to use the source code and
build it yourself to save money. The only reason to use the
source code is to do something that the TCK license won't allow
you to do, e.g., make a claim of partial compatibility, or
modify the tests before claiming compatibility.
To add to what Bill says: there is *nothing* in this TCK
license that says anything about "...paying any additional
licensing fees." It is explicitly a free license to use the TCK.
If you use the free binary TCK provided under this license you
will be able to make factual statements of compatibility. The
still-being-drafted *trademark* license will allow an entity to
also use the Jakarta EE logo. I think we at the EF (and still to
be vetted by the Steering Committee) have decided that the only
financial requirement in that TCK license will be that
the entity is at least a Participant Member of the Jakarta EE
working group.
You mean "in that trademark license", right?
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