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Re: AWT classes
Adam Megacz wrote:
>Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org> writes:
>
>>I was also not aware that the libgcj implementation was actually under
>>the GPL!
>>
That is not correct. The libgcj is under the "libjava" or "libgcc" licence,
not the plain GPL. If there are any files in libgcj that have been
improperly
licensed under the plain GPL (and I am not aware of any), they need to
be removed.
There are still some political issues that I am working on resolving, but
what I stated is the current official policy.
>Okay, now *I* feel stupid -- does this mean that you can't develop
>non-GPL apps with gcj? (since all binaries it generates are linked
>against libgcj).
>
No.
>The app I'm working on will be distributed under the GPL, which
>shouldn't be a problem, but I was thinking of selling exceptions to
>the GPL for people interested in embedding/porting my stuff for
>commercial purposes.
>
That is OK. In any case, as long as your library does not *require* libgcj
(or gcj), but could run under alternative Java implementation (such as JDK),
your potential licensees could use your application under JDK.
--Per