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To: uu who wrote (13874)	1/28/1999 11:52:00 AM
From: Michael F. Donadio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Addi, I would appreciate your commentary on this development with Jini. Is this arrangement with the Sun Community Source License for Jini developers in your estimate a clever way to speed Jini implementation or a folly that while expedient will eventually backfire both for Jini development and eventually Sun? I value your insight. Jini: Start Of 'Semi-Open' Source Movement nytimes.com By Malcolm Maclachlan for TechWeb, CMPnet Sun's solution is the Sun Community Source License, or SCSL. This agreement releases the Jini code to anyone who wants it. Unlike many other open source-type arrangements, users can keep what they make. With the exception of bug fixes, developers are not required to give back to the source pool. ... ******* Another member of the open source community was not so enthusiastic. Eric Raymond, an open source advocate who recently published the Halloween Document, which showed Microsoft plans to combat Linux, said the fact that companies won't have to contribute defeats the purpose. "Reaction to it in the open source community has been a loud 'pthfthfthtfht!' and rightly so," Raymond said. "It betrays an utter failure to understand either the community or the dynamics of open source development." Thank you, Michael