There is some information on the EPL on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_Public_License
What i find most striking is that it is not compatible with the GPL, so as I understand it, you cannot build a GPL application or library using aspectJ. Can somebody confirm this? regards, Wim 2009/10/5 Andy Clement <[email protected]> > Hi Mike, > > Unfortunately - I'm not a lawyer either and basically agree with > Ramnivas. But I would say the AspectJ FAQ is very overdue an update > (and wasn't written by a lawyer originally) - it still references the > CPL when we moved to EPL many releases ago. However, I'd say there is > no intention to trick anyone here, and my interpretation is simply > that you need to ship aspectjrt.jar as-is (without removing any of > it). We could maybe ask the Eclipse IP team for some guidance, but > I've not had to do that before and aspectjrt.jar has been shipped with > many products in the past (not just open source projects). > > Andy > > > 2009/10/2 McSherry, Mike <[email protected]>: > > Greetings, > > > > I'm interested in the license exception noted in the FAQ, which Jacob > Bower > > also referenced. If distributing only 'aspectjrt.jar' as part of my > > product, I read it as only the warranty disclaimers being applicable. > > Referring to the EPL license text, that would be solely the terms noted > in > > "Section 5: NO WARRANTY"? > > > > Is that indeed the extent of the terms which are applicable to > distributing > > ‘aspectjrt.jar’? > > > > I'd greatly appreciate clarification on this from the project leads, > since > > I'm not a lawyer either, but I have to work with them. > > > > --Mike > > > > Jacob Bower wrote: > > > > I had got the impression that distribution generally wasn't going to be > an > > issue. > > > > However, I'm trying to understand what my obligations are in terms of for > > example making the end user view the EPL? > > > > - Jacob > > > > 2009/7/13 Ramnivas Laddad <ramni...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > <mailto:ramni...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > > > > I am not a lawyer, but I do not think there are any restrictions > > > > on redistributing aspectjrt.jar (or any of the the AspectJ jars). > > > > For example, aspectjrt.jar is distributed with many SpringSource > > > > products (open source as well as commercial). > > > > -Ramnivas > > > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Jacob Bower <ja...@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > <mailto:ja...@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm developing a Java library which will be distributed in jar > > > > form. In developing this library I have used AspectJ 1.6.5 and > > > > the resulting binary will include code woven in by the ajc > > > > compiler. To distribute this library I will need to distribute > > > > the AspectJ run-time. Users of the library will not need to > > > > use ajc to compile their code as all relevant joinpoints are > > > > internal to the library. > > > > In this case, what are the restrictions on distributing the > > > > AspectJ run-time. Can I include the aspectj.jar (or its > > > > conents) in my own jar with no notices? > > > > I've consulted the AspectJ FAQ on this matter, but I am > > > > unclear on how I'm supposed to preserve the warranty > > > > disclaimers in the license. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jacob > > > > _______________________________________________ > > aspectj-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/aspectj-users > > > > > _______________________________________________ > aspectj-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/aspectj-users >
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