Well an openjdk distribution can include NetBeans as ASL 2.0 doesn't forbid this. The other way around is not possible though.
---------- Emmanuel Hugonnet http://www.ehsavoie.com http://twitter.com/ehsavoie On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 12:53 PM Neil C Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 at 11:10, Matthias Bläsing > <[email protected]> wrote: > > To make this possible, I think Oracle legal (as the holder of the > > copyright of openjdk) and Apache legal need to agree on what is an "ok" > > combination of GPLv2-CPE (GPL with Classpath Exception) and the ALv2. > > > > Most people agree, that a license/artifact under GPLv2-CPE used as a > > part of a larger does not affect the license of the whole artifact. The > > problem is, that Apache legal sees this more critical. > > I still think you're misinterpreting this issue. It don't believe it > has anything to do with Oracle legal, or in what circumstances code > under those two licenses can be bundled together, but specifically > Apache foundation policies on what can and can't be distributed by the > foundation - eg. https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#criteria. > I would hope that policy around "platform dependencies" (eg. > https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#platform ) will evolve or > things are going to get more complicated for us. > > Best wishes, > > Neil > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
