On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 11:27:34PM +0200, Sunnanvind Fenderson wrote: > > Only the copyright holders of libreadline can grant a license exception > > to link their code against GPL-incompatible code. This likewise applies > > to any other GPL code that they do not hold copyright for. > But program X, licensed under GPL-with-exception can link to both > jakarta and to GPL-ed stuff. Can it link to both at the same time? No? It cannot link to both at the same time, as this would violate the license of the other GPL code. > > If their code can't be built against the free Java class > > implementations, then it's definitely not possible for anyone to provide > > binaries referencing other GPL code. However, this is probably > > secondary to the use of the GPL-incompatible Jakarta code. > > Of course, they can allow others to do anything they want to allow with > > /their/ software (including things not normally permitted under the GPL > > if they grant a license exception). > > ISTR that someone was working on a BSD-licensed reimplementation of > > libreadline, btw. > Yes, libeditline. But readline was only one of the examples. We'd > really like this company to become a free software company, and one of > the many selling points is that they would get access to a huge > codebase of copylefted code. Only if their code can be made to not depend on GPL-incompatible code. This is one reason why the GPL has not been a big seller in the Java community. :) Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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