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

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From: Navindra Umanee
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 00:00

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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 presume, you mean the "special exception" clause.  Does the JDK
really qualify as a major component of, for example, the Linux OS?  If
it does, than arguably so does Qt...

(Or maybe the JDK qualifies as an OS here? :)

>> WTF is this about?!  I can't write applications that look like
>> Windbloze applications for Linux?
> 
> That is correct.

Yet another GPL incompatibility I presume...  I thought look and feels
couldn't be copyrighted.

-N.
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From: Navindra Umanee <navindra@cs.mcgill.ca>
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