[wwwdocs] java/faq.html and "Open Source"

Gerald Pfeifer gerald@pfeifer.com
Tue Sep 15 09:49:00 GMT 2009


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



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