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  1. Magnolia
  2. MAGNOLIA-540

Replacing default multipart filter implementation (problematic com.oreilly.servlet package license terms)

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      The WAR file download contains Jason Hunter's com.oreilly.servlet package in the WEB-INF/lib directory. Its license terms (see http://servlets.com/cos/license.html) are problematic I fear.

      Especially items 5 and 6 are currently violated:

      "5. The distribution includes copyright notice as follows: "The source code, object code, and documentation in the com.oreilly.servlet package is copyright and owned by Jason Hunter." in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

      6. You reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution."

      Both "license.txt" and "release notes.txt" contained in the WAR file download do not mention anything demanded by the terms cited above.

      A problematic second point is the license for commercial usage and redistribution as every developer must own a copy of Jason's book or negotiate a seperate license.

      Jakarta Commons FileUpload (http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/fileupload/) is a possible replacement at least for some functionality.

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                fgiust Fabrizio Giustina
                abrenk Andreas Brenk
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