Re: IBM's Jikes Java Compiler
Jim Pick <jim@jimpick.com>:
> It's difficult reading through all the legal diarrhea in the license -
> but it seems pretty clear to me that you lose all the rights
> (redistribution, modification, patents) granted to you by the license
> if you take a snippet of code (less than 60%) out of Jikes and try to
> use it.
>
> Although the DFSG/OSD is somewhat vague, that's clearly against the
> original intent of this section:
>
> 3. Derived Works
> The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must
> allow them to be distributed under the same terms as the license
> of the original software.
>
> Sure, the Jikes license does allow modifications and derived works -
> but only if you meet the 60% rule. So, in the general case, it fails
> this condition of the DFSG/OSD.
OSI's resident license theologician is analyzing this even as we speak.
We'll have a statement prepared shortly.
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"As to the species of exercise, I advise the gun. While this gives
[only] moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise,
and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball and others
of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on
the mind. Let your gun, therefore, be the constant companion to your
walks."
-- Thomas Jefferson, writing to his teenaged nephew.
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