Re: Sun's new Community Source License Agreement for Java

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From: William C. Cheng
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 00:00

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In article <3678554F.86887CCA@urbanophile.com>,
Aaron M. Renn <arenn@urbanophile.com> wrote:
 >Navindra Umanee wrote:
 >> I strongly suspect that the Java libs are not GPL-compatible either.
 >> Here's the binary license:  http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/LICENSE
 >> So is it illegal to GPL Java applications?  I'd suspect not since I
 >> don't believe compiled class files would contain Sun code.
 >
 >The GPL specifically permits linking against libraries that ship with the
 >compiler.  The Sun Java libraries come with the Java compiler.

I would hope that the Java libs will become an essential part of a Linux
system.  Then this won't be an issue.  When Java is everywhere and have a
frozen spec, I'll consider switching from C/C++ to Java.
-- 
Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@acm.org <URL:http://bourbon.cs.umd.edu:8001/william/>

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From: william@cs.umd.edu (William C. Cheng)
Subject: Re: Sun's new Community Source License Agreement for Java
Date: 1998/12/17
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