Java is GPLv2. However, Sun is using the "classpath exception" which allows you to license your application any way you want independent of the GPL status of the libraries you link against.

http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html

http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-6134584.html

Mark


On Jan 14, 2007, at 5:18 AM, Trausti Thor Johannsson wrote:

I have a big question regarding Java. Now that Java is a GPL, does that mean if I do something in Java, that I have to make my app a GPL ?




Trausti
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