Licensing question regarding WS-ReliableMessaging

Hello,

We're trying to start a project to implement WS-ReliableMessaging
and some folks have questioned whether Apache needs to get a 
license to do such an implementation. The proposal is at:
    http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?ReliableMessagingProposal

The specification we'd like to implement is:
    http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-rm/
The concerned IP statements are at the top of the specification.

Additional information is that there was a workshop for
implementors where multiple implementations were tested against
each other for interoperability. More information is available at:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/soapbuilders/message/9473
The implementors present were apparently not asked to sign a license
to implement the spec. They were however asked to sign a license to
provide feedback on the specification itself.

Please advise on what we need to do to be "safe."

Sanjiva.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "robert burrell donkin" <rdonkin@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 3:22 AM
Subject: Re: VOTE: WS-Fx and Sandesha proposals


> (just my tuppenuth but) probably wouldn't hurt to check with licensing 
> at apache.
> 
> - robert
> 
> On 12 Nov 2003, at 13:20, Davanum Srinivas wrote:
> 
> > There was an Interop for WS-RM 
> > (http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3901) and AFAIK no one was asked
> > to get a license for doing an implementation. So it should be ok.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > dims
> >
> > --- Sanjiva Weerawarana <sanjiva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> "Aleksander Slominski" <aslom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >>>
> >>> however how are IP issues resolved for WS-ReliableMessaging from
> >>> http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-rm/
> >>>
> >>> it is not clear to me if WS-RM can be implemented as open source?
> >>
> >> Hmm. Good question.
> >>
> >> Glen, when Sonic implemented WS-RM did you need a license from IBM
> >> etc.? I can certainly get whatever is needed I believe; just need
> >> to know what we need.
> >>
> >> Dims, does Apache need anything specific to make it "safe"?
> >>
> >> Sanjiva.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> > Davanum Srinivas - http://webservices.apache.org/~dims/
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