LICENSING TECHNOLOGIES

Jini technology is operating-system-independent and is controlled by the Jini software user community, which has free access and the right to extend and modify the Jini technology source code.

Sun provides access to Jini source code under what they call the Sun Community Source License (SCSL). This license is designed to provide virtually free and easy access to all the Jini source code by developers, while allowing Sun to ensure that Jini products remain compatible with one another and that the Jini source does not splinter into incompatible versions. The community license model allows very open access to source code, while promoting compatibility among the developer community. And yet it does not require companies or ...

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