[jdom-interest] Re: Out of date JAR files in %JDOM_HOME%\lib directory

[Brett McLaughlin]

> > > I see Crimson 1.1.3 includes the javax.xml.* classes, except it
doesn't
> > > include javax.xml.transform.*.  Wonder how they got away with that?
> >
> > Crimson is a /parser/, not a processor, so wouldn't be able to perform
> > transformations anyway. Xerces does the same thing, btw.
>
> That doesn't change the specification license that Sun slaps on every
> JSR saying, "You must implement everything, or nothing".

There's an easy out clause. If you implement a version, say 1.0, and make
available separate upgrades to the newer version, say 1.1, that's legal.
Look at the J2EE implementations out. You can release a 1.2 compliant
server, and offer options to add on EJB 2.0, message beans, etc., that do
/not/ complete the 1.3 specification, without violating the license.

Then again, at the end of the day, Sun can do whatever they want... who's
going to come after them ;-)

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Brett McLaughlin            <http://www.newInstance.com>
Lutris Technologies         <http://www.lutris.com>
Author, "Java and XML" <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javaxml2>

>
> -jh-