I'd like to port the Collections implementation in Classpath to another language called D that is very similar to Java and I'm trying to figure out the Classpath license. My question is simple: what license would such a port fall under?
It looks like Classpath uses the GPL (not LGPL) with the "special exception" which states that if one links statically *or dynamically* to the classpath library that the sum is governed by the GPL. But then there is the statement that "independent modules" aren't governed by the GPL. So I interpret that to mean "independent modules" are ones that aren't linked statically or dynamically with Classpath. I'm not even sure what those are. I'm guessing that using the classpath jar and class files are not considered dynamic linking? The D language doesn't use class or jar files so users would have to statically or dynamically link. As the tools stand now they would be statically linked. Am I correct in reading this whole thing that any such port would mean any code that uses the library would have to be GPL? Thanks, Ben _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
