>>>>> "Brad" == Brad \(Online\) Jarvinen <Brad> writes:
Brad> I could use a plain English translation of the LGPL:
I'm not a lawyer. Don't listen to me.
Brad> If I chose to take the AWT from ClassPath and
Brad> modify it for my own VM, are the following statements
Brad> true according to the LGPL?
Brad> - I cannot charge a license fee for using my VM
Brad> because of the modified AWT.
False.
Brad> - the modified AWT source must be made available
Brad> to the end user (e.g. cannot just send class files).
True.
Brad> - the rest of the VM and class packages that don't
Brad> relate to the modified AWT do not fall under the
Brad> same LGPL (i.e. can be private).
Mostly true. You must also make it possible for the end user to
relink the resulting application against a new AWT. (If you have a
classic VM that interprets and loads the peers at runtime, then this
is unlikely to be a problem. Unless of course you are running on an
embedded device.)
Brad> - any Java app that uses the modified AWT is also
Brad> not covered under that same LGPL (i.e. can be
Brad> private).
True, with the linking caveat.
Tom
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