Hi Bertrand,

On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 9:48 PM, Jan Lahoda <[email protected]> wrote:

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>
> On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 12:49 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jan,
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 12:40 PM, Jan Lahoda <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > ...-the launchers include jni.h - I suspected using jni.h from
>> (Open)JDK might
>> > be troublesome; but luckily, there is Apache Harmony, and their jni.h
>> works
>> > fine (or seems so, at least). So, I've included the jni.h and
>> jni_types.h
>> > from Apache Harmony, and the launchers are compiled against them. Given
>> > this is under Apache License, Version 2.0, I assume that is OK,
>> right?...
>>
>> Yes, including code from another Apache project is pefectly fine.
>>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>> > ...-the launchers use libstdc++ (and libgcc, when compiled using gcc)
>> and are
>> > built using MinGW. Looking at "GCC RUNTIME LIBRARY EXCEPTION", this
>> should
>> > be OK, right?...
>>
>> GPL build tools are fine as long as you do not redistribute them.
>>
>> As for libstdc++ which I assume is a required GPL dependency, if you
>> think there is a valid exception it should be documented at
>> http://apache.org/legal/resolved.html or derived from information
>> found there, or maybe in a LEGAL jira ticket that clarifies things.
>>
>
> I've filled:
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-390
>

Any idea how to move that forward? It would be  awesome if we could compile
our launchers and not use the legacy ones.

Thanks,
    Jan

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>>
>> It's good to include all this information in your jira ticket so we
>> can answers any questions about it with the URL of that ticket.
>>
>
> Ok, will do so once we know the answers.
>
> Thanks,
>     Jan
>
>
>> HTH,
>> -Bertrand
>>
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