>>>>> "Patrick" == Patrick Spingys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> The new Classpath license is GPL+exception which essentially makes it a
>> weaker LGPL. You do not have to provide binary objects for relinking.
Patrick> And is it possible to integrate it in commercial programs?
Yes. The GPL+exception is a variant of the license used for libgcc,
which everybody agrees is ok for commercial programs, embedded
programs, etc.
Patrick> Do you think that everyone read _all_ licenses?
Anybody who has money to lose, yes.
Patrick> I think that it is only ok, if there exists the GPL and the
Patrick> LGPL. I don't think, that it's ok, to create more licences.
Different people have different needs. Obviously you don't write
programs that run inside telephones.
Patrick> Why is it not possible, that you publich the changes under
Patrick> your new license _and_ the LGPL for example.
We could do this. What does it gain exactly?
Patrick> I think that only the old Classpath, which under the LGPL was
Patrick> is acceptable. The newer one is uninteresting.
Why would you say that? Do you think you lost something with the new
license?
Tom
