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Re: libjava grievances

To: Mikhail Teterin <mi at aldan dot algebra dot com>
Subject: Re: libjava grievances
From: Tom Tromey <tromey at cygnus dot com>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 13:17:56 -0700
Cc: "Joshua R. Poulson" <jrp at pun dot org>, java-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
References: <009301bf0497$ebf136d0$13dc3a9e@pdx.informix.com><199909222005.QAA03314@rtfm.newton>

>>>>> "Mikhail" == Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> writes:

Mikhail> Why is this not a part of the full gcc-2.05.1 build yet? gcj is...

Licensing disputes, more or less.

Cygnus wants to own the copyright so that it can give libgcj to its
customers under a non-LGPL license.  RMS doesn't want part of the main
gcc distribution to treat any particular company specially.

Tom

References:
- Re: libjava grievances
  - From: Joshua R. Poulson
- Re: libjava grievances
  - From: Mikhail Teterin

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