Re: IBM Unveils Rails-like Web Framework Stack Built Using Groovy - Project Zero

Note that this is not an Open Source project. IBM is quite clear that this is a commercial project and they intend to licence it commercially. No non IBM people are allowed commit access to the core components. All the IP on any contribution is owned by IBM (this seem to include suggestions and code contributions).

To their credit they make this very clear in the FAQ.

If they want to own my IP I would not give them the time of day.

Also, looking at their Groovy examples, they are very much beginners at the language. I'd love to help them understand the language better but then they'd own the IP.

It looks a very one sided deal to me.

John Wilson