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| From | Sebastian <news@seyweiler.dyndns.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Is it legal to backport code from JDK8 to JDK6? |
| Date | 2015-03-31 23:02 +0200 |
| Organization | albasani.net |
| Message-ID | <mff21e$okf$1@news.albasani.net> (permalink) |
| References | <a296b442-cdae-4283-9383-52a7712d9e8b@googlegroups.com> <mfc5nj$a87$1@news.albasani.net> <slrnmhliak.l2c.fredrik@biggles.jonson.org> |
Am 31.03.2015 18:20, schrieb Fredrik Jonson: > In <mfc5nj$a87$1@news.albasani.net> Sebastian wrote: > >> I posed a similar question towards the end of January, under the heading >> "Oracle Java license question". [...] >> >> However, I am developing proprietary closed source software and you >> aren't. > > You are aware that Openjdk is licensed, not under a strict GPL licence, but > under the GPL + Classpath exception? That makes quite the difference. > > http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/jdk8/jdk/file/9e9f5713b26d/LICENSE#l326 > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL_linking_exception > > Hence, it doesn't make much difference if you distribute Openjdk code in a > closed source, non-GPL, or open source product. The GPL + CE doesn't taint > the linked code like a purely GPL licensed source code does. > Thanks for that clarification! -- Sebastian
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Is it legal to backport code from JDK8 to JDK6? Haddock <ffm2002@web.de> - 2015-03-30 04:37 -0700
Re: Is it legal to backport code from JDK8 to JDK6? Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-03-30 10:04 -0400
Re: Is it legal to backport code from JDK8 to JDK6? Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2015-03-30 18:43 +0200
Re: Is it legal to backport code from JDK8 to JDK6? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-03-30 14:06 -0400
Re: Is it legal to backport code from JDK8 to JDK6? Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2015-03-30 20:37 +0200
Re: Is it legal to backport code from JDK8 to JDK6? Fredrik Jonson <fredrik@jonson.org> - 2015-03-31 15:58 +0000
Re: Is it legal to backport code from JDK8 to JDK6? Sebastian <news@seyweiler.dyndns.org> - 2015-03-30 20:47 +0200
Re: Is it legal to backport code from JDK8 to JDK6? Fredrik Jonson <fredrik@jonson.org> - 2015-03-31 16:20 +0000
Re: Is it legal to backport code from JDK8 to JDK6? Sebastian <news@seyweiler.dyndns.org> - 2015-03-31 23:02 +0200
Re: Is it legal to backport code from JDK8 to JDK6? Haddock <ffm2002@web.de> - 2015-04-01 11:33 -0700
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