Sun releases Java under GPLv2
Sun releases Java under GPLv2
Posted Nov 14, 2006 2:03 UTC (Tue) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)In reply to: Sun releases Java under GPLv2 by sbergman27
Parent article: Sun releases Java under GPLv2
RMS's statement on "forgiveness" was entirely correct. Read the GPL (v2): by violating it, the violator forfeits his/her license to copy, modify, or distribute the violated code. As copyright holder, RMS was saying that he forgave any such violations, but that the offenders might have to seek forgiveness of others. This language was widely resented by those who didn't understand that there were legal consequences; RMS was asking that these legal consequences be waived, which was hardly a hostile act.
Posted Nov 14, 2006 9:48 UTC (Tue)
by halla (subscriber, #14185)
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Of course, for that there would have to be any code from the FSF used in Sun releases Java under GPLv2
violation. At that time, there was none.