On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 10:04 PM Matthias Bläsing <mblaes...@doppel-helix.eu> wrote:
> Hi, > > Am Mittwoch, den 21.04.2021, 11:01 -0700 schrieb Ernie Rael: > > If I take random files, all of which are GPL-CPE, and bundle those into > > a jar and put it in maven central then can I call it GPL-CPE? > > everytime a license question comes up, the only right answer is: Ask > _your_ lawyer (and be prepared to sue him if he is wrong). > > Jokes aside, yes, that is what I would assume. The crux is this > sentence: > > Certain source files distributed by Oracle America and/or its > affiliates are subject to the following clarification and special > exception to the GPL, but only where Oracle has expressly included > in the particular source file's header the words "Oracle designates > this particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as > provided by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code." > > [...] Certain source files [...] - all would be so much easier, if this > would have been make unconditional. > > So whoever releases nb-javac, at this point Anton Epple made the binary > released on maven central available, could remove that disclaimer and > we would be done: > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-563?focusedCommentId=17311712&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-17311712 > > The interesting question: Are either Anton Epple or Oracle willing to > remove the uncertainty? > > I followed Jaroslavs Analysis of the source and did an independed scan > of the codebase and came up with the same conclusion as Jaroslav. > > In the end there needs to be a license file, that clarifies, that the > whole binary is subject to the classpath exception. > > > It's too bad the question asked at the end of > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/LEGAL/issues/LEGAL-563 was not > > answered. > Does it help that all the files making up nb-javac, when scanned for CPE, only the files that will not end up in the JAR are not covered by CPE? Since a PMC should be fully capable of reading and understanding a simple list of conditions that applies to the specific work that the PMC intends to distribute and since the nb-javac JAR meets the conditions, don't we already have permission to redistribute under our own license? Gj > > Which question? > > Greetings > > Matthias > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
