Jikes license
As many of you know, Jikes has now been released under the new
IBM Public License Version 1.0. I have seen this new license discussed
on Debian-Legal in recent weeks, but the end decision seemed to me
inconclusive on whether or not this qualified as DFSG-free.
The subject is no longer merely academic - since Jikes is now using this
license, and will presumably be included in the forthcoming 2.2 release,
I would like to know whether to move Jikes from non-free to main.
I am not a lawyer, and have not spent nearly sufficient time comparing
and contrasting this license with the previous version to give a
well-informed opinion on the question. I'd like some guidance here.
Thanks.
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IBM PUBLIC LICENSE VERSION 1.0 - JIKES COMPILER
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