Andreas Rueckert wrote: > That would mean it depends on the JVM? If you have a JVM, that loads all the > classes at once, B becomes GPLed, if the JVM loads the classes on demand, B > keeps it's license?
I don't see how that makes a difference. > Let be elaborate a bit further on my question. My problem is a Installer called > izPack ( http://www.izforge.com/izpack/ ), that is under GPL. It creates a > single Jar with the installer classes (under GPL) and the app to be installed. > Julien Ponge (izPack author) says, you can install even closed source apps with > the tool, while I'm uncertain. Well, if he owns the copyright, he gets to decide, a he is the one who has standing to sue. And maybe his interpretation is right, fo his code. But he should make it clear, in the license, if he hasn't already. > Sorry for the OT discussion, but the same problem would occur, if anyone would > include classpath code in a non-GPLed project, so I thought you might have an > answer. But Classpath is not GPL - it is GPL with an extra exception allowing you to link it with proprietary code. -- --Per Bothner [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bothner.com/per/ _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
