> -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Jorgen Thelin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet: Freitag, 13. Oktober 2000 13:17 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: Re: AW: [jBoss-User] Licensing Round2 > In fact, if you read the postings to the Apache mailing lists, the > verdict is that it is currently impossible to license *any* > Java program > as GPL because by definition they link to / use non-GPL > libraries in the > form of the standard JDK class libraries, standard extension packages, > and/or optional extension package. > > You would have to apply to the Free Software Federation to ask that > specific Java libraries be officially reclassified as > "Operating System > Components". They are currently not, and there is no guarantee they > ever will be. If you were right, it would for example be illegal to compile gpld c++ sourcecode with any non gpl compiler, because you link to non gpl runtime libs. I think this threat tread is quite "theoretical" -Chris -- -------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Problems?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
