The Apache NetBeans community hasn't found consensus on what "executables" the project provides.
Thank you. -jt pá 3. 7. 2020 v 23:10 odesílatel Neil C Smith <[email protected]> napsal: > On Wed, 1 Jul 2020, 14:28 Neil C Smith, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm inclined to -1, but am curious as to the intention behind this > > thread? I think if anything it's not useful for us to make that > > blanket determination, because it has different meanings in different > > contexts. And I think all of Matthias' examples apply. > > > > In the narrow scope of that thread and the GPLv2 and classpath > > exception, that was adapted from GCC Runtime Library Exception, and I > > believe the updated version of that now uses target code in place of > > executable? > > > > I think in that case it should be considered in line with the text at > > https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gcc-exception-3.1-faq.html And from that > > I think trying to determine this for that particular case other than > > individual modules are *.java files and executables are their > > resulting *.class files is going to end up being counterproductive. > > > > OK, as prompted by Jaroslav off list, an actual -1. For the reasons already > given. > > I still don't entirely understand the reason for seeking to narrow this > down, but there is also the definition in the JVM spec - > > "Compiled code to be executed by the Java Virtual Machine is represented > using a hardware- and operating system-independent binary format, typically > (but not necessarily) stored in a file, known as the class file format." > > Or the Wikipedia entry on executable also offering "a file containing > bytecode" as one definition. > > As far as I'm concerned, any compiled output of our sources, for whatever > purpose, are our executables. > > Best wishes, > > Neil >
