Re: Undistributable java in main

2003-11-02 Thread E.L. Willighagen (Egon)
On Saturday 01 November 2003 20:08, Etienne Gagnon wrote: E.L. Willighagen (Egon) wrote: The big question seems to come done to: What part of Java is library and what part is language? It seems to me that at least the syntax *and* java.lang *is* the language... Thus as long as you

Re: Undistributable java in main

2003-11-02 Thread Dalibor Topic
E.L. Willighagen (Egon) wrote: On Saturday 01 November 2003 20:08, Etienne Gagnon wrote: E.L. Willighagen (Egon) wrote: The big question seems to come done to: What part of Java is library and what part is language? It seems to me that at least the syntax *and* java.lang *is* the language...

Kaffe's GPL and GPL incompatible Java software [Was: Undistributable java in main]

2003-11-02 Thread Etienne Gagnon
Hi Debian-legal, Egon and Dalibor, The opinion of debian-legal would be highly appreciated by all involved in this long running thread of discussion about the implications of: 1- Kaffe being licensed under the GNU GPL. 2- Kaffe's class library being licensed under the GNU GPL. 3- Differeing

Re: Kaffe's GPL and GPL incompatible Java software [Was: Undistributable java in main]

2003-11-02 Thread Dalibor Topic
Hi Etienne, let's have some non-lawyerish philosophical licensing discussion fun again ;) My first issue is with the subject line: Kaffe uses plain GPL, not some special 'Kaffe's GPL'. It should be FSF's GPL, if you'd want to attribute it someone special. Etienne Gagnon wrote: Hi

Re: Kaffe's GPL and GPL incompatible Java software [Was: Undistributable java in main]

2003-11-02 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 07:51:37PM +0100, Dalibor Topic wrote: My first issue is with the subject line: Kaffe uses plain GPL, not some special 'Kaffe's GPL'. It should be FSF's GPL, if you'd want to attribute it someone special. I read Kaffe's (GPL and GPL incompatible Java software), not