Anthony Green wrote:
>
> We would also like to provide alternative implementations - like a
> 100% java BigInteger, using Per's Java MP code.
Cool:)
> Exactly. But let's try that now. I propose that we simply use:
>
> /* As a special exception, if you link this library with other files
> to produce an executable, this library does not by itself cause the
> resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public
> License. This exception does not however invalidate any other
> reasons why the executable file might be covered by the GNU General
> Public License. */
>
> It's very simple.
Sounds good, except for one thing...
Japhar at least, considers itself to be not an "executable", but a
library for adding java support to programs. It provides small
executable wrappers for running java programs, but those are licensed
under the GPL anyway. So, if you combine japhar and classpath to produce
a *library* rather than an executable, this license now requires that to
be under the GPL.
Thoughts?
Stuart (who is beginning to feel that he must have a twisted mind to
come up with stuff like this...)
