Re: [Jazzlib-developers] question about your license

[Jochen H. <Hoe...@In...>]

On Wednesday 01 December 2004 09:52, Daniel Breitner wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> first of all : thanks for your quick answer.
> But because I don=B4t really understand this license, I have to ask you a=
gain.

You can find more information about the license and the rationale behind it
by searching the classpath archives.

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/cgi-bin/namazu.cgi?query=3Dlicense&submit=3DSe=
arch%21&idxname=3Dclasspath&max=3D10&result=3Dnormal&sort=3Dscore

See also the "Unofficial GNU Classpath License Rationale"
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/classpath/2001-11/msg00109.html

>=20
> 3) Do you plan to switch to the LGPL ? These licenses quite sound the same
> to me.

The switch was done vice versa from LGPL to this license.  The main differe=
nce
is that the license allows static linking.  This was needed by the gcj-deve=
lopers
(the GNU java compiler), which allows to produce static executables.   The =
change
was done, when classpath and gcj merged their code base.

Hope this helps to clarify this.

Best Regards,
  Jochen

=2D-=20
Jochen Hoenicke, University of Oldenburg, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany
Email: hoe...@in...  Tel: +49 441 798 3124