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Re: Discussion - non-free software removal



On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 11:02:23AM -0800, Stephen Zander wrote:
> >>>>> "Pankaj" == Pankaj Jangid <pankaj@ncst.ernet.in> writes:
>     Pankaj> Once upon a time I installed tomcat without j2sdk
>     Pankaj> i.e. using jikes. So I think he is blindly claiming
>     Pankaj> without try out any thing. As a developer I didn't ever
>     Pankaj> need any non-free software in last two year.
> 
> Have you read the SCL and other licences which cover Java2?  They
> explicitly cover all Java2 standard classes etc and have provision
> that, IIRC, carry over into *any* implementation of those classes.

*sigh* We're way, way off-topic.

But my curiosity overpowers me.

How can a copyright license possibly achieve this?

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