2018/8/21 11:11:00 -0700, [email protected]: > On Aug 21, 2018, at 9:41 AM, Andrew Haley <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 08/21/2018 11:14 AM, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote: >>> Am I correct in understanding that there are no more legal barriers >>> towards doing such a thing anymore? >> >> You'd still be linking GPLv2-only code (libjvm) against GPLv3-or-later >> code (binutils). IANAL, but I suspect you can't get around the GPLv3 >> that easily. > > IANAL2 but bringing in a new set of source code into the OpenJDK build > always requires care with IP issues, which AFAIK need to be triple checked > by real Ls.
Indeed. Magnus -- I suggest you hold off on this until interested contributors can check with their legal teams. (I’ll help you with Oracle’s legal team.) - Mark
