[jdom-interest] Re: Out of date JAR files in %JDOM_HOME%\lib directory

[Jason Hunter]

> > 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.

Yes, but J2EE is an "umbrella JSR" which means it's a JSR of JSRs.  And
on that you have rights to implement the component JSRs piecemeal under
certain conditions.  With a simple JSR they typically make "optional"
the things which not everyone would need to implement, but I don't see
any reference to transformations being optional in JAXP.

-jh-