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can I pack IHS tarball into my own software package?

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bitz...@gmail.com

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May 21, 2009, 3:37:31 AM5/21/09
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Hello, all:
In our project xCAT, we decide to use IBM HTTP Server as the http server on AIX. In order to make things convenient for xCAT users, I want to pack the IHS tarball into xCAT-web-dep.tar.gz, and I also want to put the tarball xCAT-web-dep.tar.gz on the website xcat.sf.net.
xCAT is the open-source cluster management toolkit developed by IBM.

My Question is: from a legal point of view, can I do it?

I read though "IBM HTTP Serve v6.0 user guide" roughly, I cannot find the necessary information for re-distribution of IHS. And I hope someone working for IHS can help me. Thank you very much!!

Eric Covener

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May 21, 2009, 6:44:40 AM5/21/09
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IANAL, but my guess is that you can copy it but you cannot redistribute
it. Whatever you do, recipients have no standing with IHS or WebSphere
support and the ramifications of distributing OSS code are yours.

If this is something being distributed by IBM, you must get necessary
approvals to bundle and distribute IHS. I would be able to help you at
ecovener@ ...

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bitz...@gmail.com

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May 25, 2009, 2:43:18 AM5/25/09
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Can anyone working on IHS help me? Thank you.

Juanma Martinez

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May 25, 2009, 3:41:08 AM5/25/09
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bitz...@gmail.com wrote:
> Can anyone working on IHS help me? Thank you.

Contact Eric as he already suggested

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Eric Covener

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May 25, 2009, 1:30:26 PM5/25/09
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Juanma Martinez wrote:
> bitz...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Can anyone working on IHS help me? Thank you.
>
> Contact Eric as he already suggested
>

I wouldn't hold out for a better answer on this public newsgroup.

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minjun.xi

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Sep 9, 2009, 4:14:16 AM9/9/09
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OH, since no one answers me, we didn't ship IBM HTTP Server in our dep software package.

Eric Covener

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Sep 9, 2009, 7:18:26 AM9/9/09
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minjun.xi wrote:
> OH, since no one answers me, we didn't ship IBM HTTP Server in our dep software package.

There are multiple replies to this thread.

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Eric Covener

Eric Covener

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Nov 18, 2009, 5:07:30 PM11/18/09
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This was answered several times on the actual newsgroup, but not reflected on developerworks.

End users can't redistribute IHS. If you're developing a product and want to include IHS in that solution, developerworks is not the proper venue to request such a bundling.

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