[jdev] JabberD 1.4.* license question

[Mickael Remond]

Wojtek wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> As I found JabberD 1.4.* is licensed under GNU GPL.
> 
> If i will make an external component (jabber:component:accept one  
> according to JEP-0114) for logging messages does it fall into 
> "derivative  work" category of GPL?  If so, the component should be 
> opened source under  GPL (or other OSI compatible license).  Am I wrong?

In my opinion, it depend of the nature of your module. This is true if 
your module is strongly linked (library bound to the code). If the 
module is communicating through a network socket using the XML protocol, 
I think you can provide a proprietary implementation.

> Another question.  Can commercial apllications communicate through 
> JabberD  1.4.* without any license restrictions?

Yes. If it were not the case, you would not be able to use 
infrastructure software through the network and would have a problem 
with GPL STMP server (you could not send mail with Outlook for exemple) 
or with FTP server (You could not use a proprietary software to upload 
files).
So, I think there is no problem.

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Mickaël Rémond