Re: Eclipse 3.0 Running ILLEGALY on Kaffe
Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> writes:
> Brian Sniffen wrote:
>>
>>Ignore the GPL FAQ for a minute and look at the GPL's 2b:
>>
>> b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in
>> whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any
>> part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third
>> parties under the terms of this License.
...
>>This means that it's fine for Kaffe and Eclipse to be distributed
>>separately. But it's not OK to throw them both on a CD and label it
>>"Debian OS", if running eclipse loads a program made out of copies of
>>Kaffe and Eclipse.
>
> That's some strong crack you've been smoking Brian; I'd give it a rest
> for a while. Your interpretation of how applications, libraries and
> the kernel live together is *special*.
My interpretation is just the plain wording of GPL 2b: the Debian OS
is a work, and it is distributed, and it contains many GPL'd programs.
The only reason the whole thing doesn't have to be distributed under
the terms of the GPL is the "mere aggregation" exception, which
doesn't apply to a Java program that can only be in Main because of a
GPL'd JVM.
-Brian
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Brian Sniffen bts@alum.mit.edu
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