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[wwwdocs] java/faq.html and "Open Source"
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>
- To: java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:49:33 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: [wwwdocs] java/faq.html and "Open Source"
Referring to "other OpenSource projects" here implies that libgcj/GCC
are Open Source which is not exactly in line with how the FSF likes to
position it, plus not every Open Source license is compatible with
every other. This is an attempt to address this.
I'm planning to apply this in a day or two unless someone spots a
problem with it.
Gerald
2009-08-13 Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>
* faq.html: Rework reference to "other OpenSource projects".
Index: java/faq.html
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RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/java/faq.html,v
retrieving revision 1.63
diff -u -3 -p -r1.63 faq.html
--- java/faq.html 15 Nov 2004 21:20:23 -0000 1.63
+++ java/faq.html 15 Sep 2009 09:44:35 -0000
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
<li><a href="#2_4">What is the state of AWT support?</a></li>
<li><a href="#2_5">How about support for Swing ?</a></li>
<li><a href="#2_6">What support is there for RMI ?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#2_7">Can I use any code from other OpenSource projects
- to supplement libgcj's current features ?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#2_7">Can I use any code from other projects
+ to supplement libgcj's current features?</a></li>
<li><a href="#2_8">What features of the Java language are/arn't supported</a></li>
</ol>
</li>
@@ -252,11 +252,12 @@ $ gij HelloWorld
</dl>
<hr />
- <h3><a name="2_7">2.7 Can I use any code from other OpenSource
+ <h3><a name="2_7">2.7 Can I use any code from other
projects to supplement libgcj's current features?</a></h3>
<dl>
<dd>
- <p> Certainly. However, in many cases, if you wanted to contribute the
+ <p>Certainly, provided the licenses are compatible.
+ However, in many cases, if you wanted to contribute the
code back into the official libgcj distribution, we would require that the
original author(s) assign copyright to the Free Software Foundation. </p>
<p> As of March 6, 2000, libgcj has been relicenced, and copyright has