Re: Eclipse 3.0 Running ILLEGALY on Kaffe
The entirety of GPL section 2 applies only to "works based on the
Program". In context, this applies only to derivative works and
(copyrightable) collections (the GPL says "collective works", but this
is obviously a thinko) under copyright law. The combination of Kaffe
and Eclipse is neither of this things, so GPL section 2 doesn't apply
to it at all. Parts of GPL section 2 might apply to Debian as a whole
(which is a copyrightable collection) if it weren't for the "mere
aggregation" exception. Therefore there is no problem with Debian
distributing Kaffe and Eclipse, even if Kaffe were the only JVM on
which that Eclipse build would run.
Cheers,
- Michael
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