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GPL libraries in a JVM ....GPL libraries in a JVM ....Posted Aug 17, 2006 4:39 UTC (Thu) by jamesh (subscriber, #1159)In reply to: GPL libraries in a JVM .... by yodermk Parent article: Coming soon: a free Java
The GNU Classpath is licensed under GPL + exception. So running GNU classpath against a non-GPL JVM is not a problem. The issue here is that Sun's JVM also comes with a class library implementing the same interfaces as GNU Classpath. So license compatibility only really becomes an issue if you want to try and merge the best features of both class libraries together since the exception would not apply.
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GPL libraries in a JVM .... Posted Aug 17, 2006 8:40 UTC (Thu) by hppnq (subscriber, #14462) [Link] Interesting point. It's a bit strange though to see this casual mixing of the terms "running", "linking" and "distributing" as if there's no difference. This is all explained in the first paragraphs of the GPLv2.I thought I'd mention that, since the GPL, and therefore the exception made for GNU Classpath, addresses exactly this point. ;-) You could *run* (and therefore possibly link) GNU Classpath with any JVM with or without the exception, for instance. You just might not be allowed to distribute it.
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