Re: Compiere now #1 on sourceforge

[Christopher Browne]

> Todd Boyle wrote:
> > Thanks,Stephen -- I agree, its useless as long as its on
> > Oracle but after the Postrges port, then the further problem
> > is it's a controlled code base, this Janke individual does
> > not seem to GPL the code.   Is that what you refer to?
> > Will you accept it after its ported to Postgres?
> 
> First, I apologize for making such a curt reply. However, I believe that 
> software is only truly free if it depends only on free software. Oracle 
> is a problem, but J2EE is also a problem, AFAIK, only certain J2EE 
> functionality is available free. If there is a free J2EE-compliant 
> system that can run Compiere, then please let me know. However, this is 
> the other hurdle.

To _call_ a system J2EE requires licensing the platform and the compatibility 
test from Sun.

http://java.sun.com/j2ee/licensees.html

Nope, I don't think there's going to be a free J2EE-compliant system anywhere 
anytime soon.
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