Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes (when he's not postmodernly making delirium-frogsies): > > But program X, licensed under GPL-with-exception can link to both > > jakarta and to GPL-ed stuff. Can it link to both at the same time? No? > > It cannot link to both at the same time, as this would violate the > license of the other GPL code.
I was afraid of that. > > > If their code can't be built against the free Java class > > > implementations, then it's definitely not possible for anyone to provide > > > binaries referencing other GPL code. However, this is probably > > > secondary to the use of the GPL-incompatible Jakarta code. > > > > Of course, they can allow others to do anything they want to allow with > > > /their/ software (including things not normally permitted under the GPL > > > if they grant a license exception). > > > > ISTR that someone was working on a BSD-licensed reimplementation of > > > libreadline, btw. > > > Yes, libeditline. But readline was only one of the examples. We'd > > really like this company to become a free software company, and one of > > the many selling points is that they would get access to a huge > > codebase of copylefted code. > > Only if their code can be made to not depend on GPL-incompatible code. > This is one reason why the GPL has not been a big seller in the Java > community. :) Any other suggested solutions? Thanks for all your help, anyway. I'm sure this will be resolved. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]