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Re: libgcj / Classpath relicensing and cooperation
- To: java-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: libgcj / Classpath relicensing and cooperation
- From: Paul Fisher <rao at gnu dot org>
- Date: 07 Mar 2000 14:16:54 -0500
- Cc: classpath at gnu dot org
- References: <NBBBKLKBAOIALPOFEAMEIEAFCHAA.jkeiser@iname.com>
"John Keiser" <jkeiser@iname.com> writes:
> Could somebody *please* speak up and say what the heck is the deal
> with the AWT?
Transvirtual depends on the ability to relicense their AWT under
non-GPL'd terms to companies that are unable to use GPL'd code. If
the FSF were to relicense the AWT under libgcc-like terms, this would
undercut that stream of revenue for Transvirtual. Transvirtual has
contributed a good deal of code to the free software community, and
the FSF therefore decided upon a course of action that would harm
neither the free software community nor Transvirtual. The AWT was
therefore excluded from the libgcj merger agreement.