At 12:23 PM 6/3/01 -0700, David Duddleston wrote:
>> The
>> vast majority of "GPL" java projects out there violate the GPL, the FSF is
>> quite aware of this and choose to ignore it (RMS called java a blight on
>> the free software wordl)
>
>I assume this is because of the way Java more or less links in with the
>software, so it is considered part of the code? Licenses are so confusing...
Not sure what you mean. Almost any linking will be a violation unless the
whole work is GPL compatible except for JDK. However thats not the real
issue. The real issue is that there is few libraries in java that are GPL
compatible. Even essentials like xml parsers don't really have a showing,
nor can you use standard extentions - thus most "GPL" java projects ignore
this and violate the GPL ;) The exception being the GNU projects which are
relatively clean.
>urggg! If this is the case then, I would also assume that the vast majority
>of applications that use GPL are in violation too. I know there are allot of
>developers taking GPL code and using it in a prosperity software built for a
>client. Does this not violate the GPL? even maybe the LGPL?
It violates the GPL and depending on how they do it the LGPL. Doing things
like that can lead to
Cheers,
Pete
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