Re: Java, GPL and CDDL

2007-11-13 Thread Ben Finney
Yves Combe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am wondering if Java GPLed application can link with CDDL classes? Case looks like the cdrecord question i saw in the archive. To understand whether there's a license conflict, there needs to be an understanding of whether copyright is invoked by linking.

Re: Re: Policy on Binary Firmware Fetching in Main (e.g. foo2zjs)

2007-11-13 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Michael Gilbert said: and since getweb depends on non-free software and is a part of the package, foo2zjs as a whole is considered to depend on non-free software. No. getweb *downloads* and copies some non-free software, it does not depend on it. does getweb

Re: Policy on Binary Firmware Fetching in Main (e.g. foo2zjs)

2007-11-13 Thread Marco d'Itri
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are missing the point: some printers may or may not work, but the program itself still has the same capabilities and is not influenced by what getweb does. that's why it is ok for most of the program to be in main. its just getweb that depends on non-free data.